About the book: 2024 / ...On February 1, 1709, a ship of English pirates drops anchor near the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez, lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The crew notices a fire on the shore. The next day, part of the crew, sent ashore in a boat, finds “a man dressed in goat skins and seeming more wild than their first owners.” This is Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor left on the island four years ago; he can hardly remember his native language to tell Captain Woods Rogers how he managed to survive. His story a few years later would inspire Daniel Defoe to create his first bestseller, Robinson Crusoe.».