The Real Robinson Crusoe: Episode 3 – Back to Civilization: A Story That Inspired Robinson Crusoe

"After surviving alone on a remote island for over four years, Alexander Selkirk returned to civilization — only to discover that his story would inspire one of the greatest adventure novels ever written. Like and subscribe to learn how Selkirk became the real-life Robinson Crusoe."

Learn more about Selkirk’s influence on Defoe: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/real-robinson-crusoe-92338915/

Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe connection: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Selkirk

Selkirk’s later life: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/rescue-real-life-robinson-crusoe/