“He had read Robinson Crusoe and got a taste for adventure,” she added.

Source: https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/breastplate-from-explorer-s-original-coffin-will-go-to-austr-9336980/

Opposite the statue is a bright yellow, limewashed cottage, which is believed to be the original home of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer, who inspired the Robinson Crusoe classic by Daniel Defoe.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23982294.east-neuk-scotlands-home-year-judge-favourite-spot/?ref=rss

The Wager aimed for Robinson Crusoe Island, in the Pacific, but shipwrecked instead on a remote island off Patagonia.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/29/the-wager-review-david-grann-shipwreck-epic