The real Robinson Crusoe was named Alexander Selkirk, and he lived as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Caribbean for four years. His story was written in a book published in 1712. It later served as the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, published seven years later.
But who was this Scottish castaway, and how did he end up living in isolation on an island? How was he rescued, and what did he do after his rescue?
The full story of the first Robinson Crusoe on the show Time in Greece with Nikolas Angelidis.