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Selkirk

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Sel·kirk  (slkûrk), Alexander 1676-1721.
Scottish sailor who was marooned (1704-1709) on an island off Chile and is thought to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (published 1719).
Selkirk [ˈsɛlˌkɜːk]
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(Biographies / Selkirk, Alexander (1676-1721) M, Scottish, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: sailor) Alexander. original name Alexander Selcraig. 1676-1721, Scottish sailor, who was marooned on one of the islets of Juan Fernández and is regarded as the prototype of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
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Noun1.SelkirkSelkirk - Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
Alexander Selcraig, Alexander Selkirk, Selcraig


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He mused over the glory of the Mungo Parks, the Bruces, the Caillies, the Levaillants, and to some extent, I verily believe, of Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe), whom he considered in no wise inferior to the rest.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
Defoe got the idea of his story from the adventures of a Scots sailor named Alexander Selkirk.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Voyage Round the World,' and also, as every one knows, by the experience of Alexander Selkirk, a sailor who, set ashore on the island of Juan Fernandez, off the coast of Chile, had lived there alone from 1709 to 1713.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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