It may have taken nearly 300 years but archaeologists have finally confirmed the campsite of castaway Alexander Selkirk, thought to be the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe. Scottish sailor Selkirk was ...

After months at sea, Selkirk's ship put in at the island (named Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966) with a leaky hull and restive crew. But an extended stay didn't quell Selkirk's misgivings. Wolfgang ...

NEXT month will see the 295th anniversary of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, the English writer’s first and most famous novel. It is a tale of survival against the odds that has inspired numerous ...

HE HAS become the defining image of the desert-island castaway: baggy fur claddings and musket, his hand shielding his eyes from the less-than-tropical sunlight as he scans the Firth of Forth over the ...

Alexander Selkirk - the Real Robinson Crusoe? Frequently history is stranger than fiction and none more so than in the tale of Alexander Selkirk: the real-life Robinson Crusoe. Born in 1676, the ...