Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean. (From Wikipedia) More about Alexander Selkirk:
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27 additional books about Alexander Selkirk in the extended shelves: Crusoe's island: a ramble in the footsteps of Alexander Selkirk. With sketches of adventure in California and Washoe (Harper & brothers, 1871), by J. Ross Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner. As related by himself (Hubbard bros.; [etc., etc.], 1872), by Daniel Defoe and John Howell (page images at HathiTrust)
Crusoniana; or, Truth versus fiction. (Pub. by the author; printed by P. Grant, 1843), by Thomas Sutcliffe, Maria Callcott, John Byron, and Richard Walter (page images at HathiTrust)
Juan Fernandez, historia verdadera de la isla de Robinson Crusoe (R. Jover, 1883), by Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna (page images at HathiTrust)
Providence displayed: or, The remarkable adventures of Alexander Selkirk, of Largo, in Scotland; who lived four years and four months by himself, on the Island of Juan Fernandez; from whence he returned with Capt. Woodes Rogers, of Bristol, and on whose adventures was founded the celebrated novel of Robinson Crusoe. With a description of the island, and an account of several other persons left there, particularly William, a Mosquito Indian, and Capt. Davis's men, including brief memoirs of the famous Capt. Wm. Dampier. To which is added a Supplement containing the history of Peter Serrano, Ephraim How, and others, left in similar situations (Printed by Riggs and Cottle, sold by I. James [etc.], 1800), by Isaac James (page images at HathiTrust)
A cruising voyage round the world (Longmans, Green & Co., 1928), by Woodes Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
Abhandlungen und vorträge zur geschichte der erdkunde (G. Schönfeld's verlagsbuchhandlung, 1888), by Sophus Ruge (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Journeyman Printers' Union, 1850), by Daniel Defoe and John Howell (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe (W.P. Hazard, 1850), by Daniel Defoe and Peter Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe (W.G. Perry & Erety, 1853), by Daniel Defoe and Peter Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Robinson Crusoë des aelteren reisen, wunderbare abenteuer und erlebnisse (O. Spamer, 1869), by Daniel Defoe and C. F. Lauckhard (page images at HathiTrust)
The voyage of Woodes Rogers, round the world : with the discovery of Alexander Selkirk, the origin of Robinson Crusoe. (Printed for, and published by, J. Arliss, 1806) (page images at HathiTrust)
Les six Robinsons; courage et persévérance dans le malheur (Belin-Leprieur, 1835), by P. P. Hennequin (page images at HathiTrust)
The original Robinson Crusoe, being a narrative of the adventures of Alexander Selkirk and others, on which De Foe is believed to have founded his famous romance (G. Routledge and sons, limited, 1877), by H. C. Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Affecting narrative of the loss of the Thames smack, Captain Craiggy, which ... was run on the Nore Sand ... February 8, 1809 ... Also the sufferings of Alexander Selkirk, who was left on a desolate island, on which the story of Robinson Crusoe is founded. (Printed for T. Tegg, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
Merkwaardige voorvallen en belangrijke verhalen (E.F. Bohn, 1837), by Reinier Arrenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
Providence displayed: or, A very surprising account of one Mr. Alexander Selkirk, master of a merchant-man called, The Cinque Ports; who dreaming that the ship would ... be lost, he desired to be left on a desolate island in the South-Seas, where he lived four years and four months ... As also, how he came afterwards to be miraculously preserved and redeemed from that fatal place (1800), by Woodes Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Robinson-insel und die auffindung Selkirk's, des urbildes Robinson Crusoe's, auf derselben durch den englischen arzt und piraten Thomas Dover ([Weimar], 1897), by Bernhard Schuchardt (page images at HathiTrust)
Avond-vertellingen voor de jeugd (A. Loosjes Pz, 1809), by Christian Wilhelm Spieker (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner. (Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1870), by Daniel Defoe, Peter Serrano, Keeley Halswelle, W. H. Davenport Adams, and Thomas Nelson & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner (T. Nelson and sons, 1876), by Daniel Defoe and W. H. Davenport Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Robinson Crusoë des aelteren reisen, wunderbare abenteuer und erlebnisse (Verlag und druck von O. Spamer, 1882), by Daniel Defoe, Otto Spamer, and C. F. Lauckhard (page images at HathiTrust)
Crusoniana; or, Truth versus fiction, elucidated in a history of the islands of Juan Fernandez (Published by the author; printed by Grant and co., 1843), by Thomas Sutcliffe, Maria Callcott, John Byron, and Richard Walter (page images at HathiTrust)
The story of Alexander Selkirk. (H.F. Anners, 1841), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
Robinson Crusoe (Journeymen printers' union, 1850), by Daniel Defoe and Peter Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
A cruising voyage round the world (Cassell, 1928), by Woodes Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
A Cruising Voyage Around the World, by Woodes Rogers, contrib. by G. E. Manwaring (Gutenberg ebook)
Books by Alexander Selkirk: Books in the extended shelves: Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721: Aventures de Robinson Crusoé (Didier, 1846), also by Daniel Defoe, Amable Tastu, Jean Labouderie, Ferdinand Denis, and Philarète Chasles (page images at HathiTrust) Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721: Aventures de Robinson Crusoé (Morizot, 1860), also by Daniel Defoe and Ferdinand Denis (page images at HathiTrust) Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721: Crusoe's island : a ramble in the footsteps of Alexander Selkirk. With sketches of adventure in California and Washoe (Harper & brothers, 1864), also by J. Ross Browne (page images at HathiTrust) Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem englischen bearbeitet. Mit einem kärtchen von Robinsons insel ... (Constanz, W. Wallis, 1829), also by Daniel Defoe (page images at HathiTrust) Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721: Entstehungsgeschichte von D. Defoes "Robinson Crusoe"... ([Mayer & Müller], 1909), also by Friedrich Wackwitz (page images at HathiTrust) Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721: The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, : as related by himself (Edgewood Publishing Company, 1872), also by Daniel Defoe, George Seth Williams, John Howell, Edgewood Publishing Co, and Hubbard Bros (page images at HathiTrust) Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721: A new Robinson Crusoe : a new version of his life and adventures, with an explanatory note (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920), also by Gilson Gardner and Daniel Defoe (page images at HathiTrust)
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