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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.
The writer and journalist Daniel Defoe wrote in the 17th century that the town was "dying with age," and a mayor wrote to the Secretary of State at the time, "It has been a rich place, but now is quite the contrary.
Source: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23528605.southampton---terrible-tudor-times-eventual-rise/?ref=rss