Selkirk Alexander
Sel·kirk
(sĕl′kûrk′), 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).
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