Evidence of the deserted island of Alexander Selkirk

Shipwrecked drifted to a barren barren island, living on natural things and praying to be saved but the shipwreck scene was still a great obsession. It is the imaginative creation story of Daniel Defoe's famous novel Robinson Crusoe. So far everyone has believed that the novel is based on a true story of sailor Alexander Selkirk. In 1704, Alexander was left on a small tropical island in the Pacific for more than four years. Archaeological evidence is found to be solid evidence for his existence on this island.

An article published in the Post-Medieval Archeology magazine provides evidence of excavation at an archaeological site on the island of Aguas Buenas revealing the settlements of the first Europeans, since then the island has been converted. Robinson Crusoe name. The most striking evidence must include the discovery of the sea ruler of a certain captain or a sea explorer further confirming the existence of Selkirk. In fact, the one who saved his life was Captain Woodes Roger when he returned to this island of Aguas around 1709 and he saw only a few weak cloths covering his body and some mathematical equipment among Selkirk's meager possessions. which he brought from the ship.

Finding these evidence helped open up the question of how Selkirk can survive on the island. Postholes assumed that he had built two hidden places near the spring and could see the port. From here he can see the boats back and forth and guess what is the enemy. The description was written in a very brief way about his exploits from hunting goats with figs taken back from the train, learning how to chase them, eating them and getting fur for clothes. He also had to go through a period of reading and singing prayer prayers, which made his existence more gentle and peaceful than any other time in his life.

Robinson Crusoe and Friday (Photo: iStockphoto / Duncan Walker)

David H Caldwell, of the Scottish National Museum, is very pleased with the results of the archeology. He said: 'Evidence of the island of Aguas proves that life on Alexander's island is real and provides more specific information about this existence. We hope this island will be carefully guarded and become a tourist attraction to seek the mystery of Defoe '.

Alexander was born on a marine town of Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland in 1676. It was the youngest son of a shoe maker who was caught up in the sea life when he was very young. By 1704 on a journey of his own on Cinque Harbor, Selkirk and his commander were completely sucked into the adventure of exploration on the ship and they decided to stop on Robinson Crusoe island to find the ship. Robin's rotten. Robin himself could not tell that he had lived on the island for five years before he was taken back by a British ship.

Published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe became one of the most famous and oldest adventure stories of English literature. While no one knows whether Defoe and Selkirk actually met, but Defoe may have heard Selkirk's adventure stories and based on this to build his novel - Robinson Crusoe.