First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe purported to be an authentic account of the sufferings of a shipwrecked seafarer. Daniel Defoe's novel was later revealed as fiction, but his hero's name was already a synonym for someone stranded in otherwise uninhabited territory. Assembled and illust... read more
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First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe purported to be an authentic account of the sufferings of a shipwrecked seafarer. Daniel Defoe's novel was later revealed as fiction, but his hero's name was already a synonym for someone stranded in otherwise uninhabited territory. Assembled and illustrated by a renowned maritime author, these dramatic stories of hardships, desperate measures, and heroic deeds recount the stranger-than-fiction exploits of real-life Crusoes. Their incredible adventures range through the ages and around the globe, from uncharted regions of the North Pole to the wilds of Patagonia.
Reprint of the George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., London, 1932 edition.
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