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Alexander Selkirk castaway

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Alexander Selkirk lived on the island here for 4 years alone.  He was the source for Robinson Crusoe.  

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Bronze statue of Selkirk located in a stone alcove

Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721), also known as Alexander Selcraig, was a Scottish sailor who spent more than four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean (also known as the South Sea).

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