There are many similarities between the fictional stories of Robinson Crusoe and the Tom Hanks film, Castaway. Man becomes stranded on a deserted island, following a wreck. Man first struggles to survive, before becoming one with his surroundings, and thrives. Man is rescued, and finds himself missing life on the island. But there is one major similarity that is often overlooked, and that is that both of these critically acclaimed, fictional survival stories, are based on the real life Marooning of Alexander Selkirk.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/europe/oddities_europe.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Ports_(1703_ship)#CITEREFFunnell1707

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk#Life_on_the_island

http://www.voting.ukscientists.com/dorothy/robcru.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IegTcO1vY7M&t=612s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers

The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe by John Howell 1837

https://books.google.ca/books?id=bfAXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World by Captain Edward Cooke 1712

https://archive.org/details/voyagetosouthsea01cook/page/352/mode/2up?q=selkirk

 

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