The Real Robinson Crusoe
- Episode aired Sep 10, 1978
- 49m
One evening in 1709 the captain of an English privateer, lying off the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez, 350 miles west of Chile in the South Pacific, saw a light ashore. It was the sign... Read allOne evening in 1709 the captain of an English privateer, lying off the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez, 350 miles west of Chile in the South Pacific, saw a light ashore. It was the signal fire of a sailor, Alexander Selkirk, who had spent four years there completely alone. T... Read allOne evening in 1709 the captain of an English privateer, lying off the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez, 350 miles west of Chile in the South Pacific, saw a light ashore. It was the signal fire of a sailor, Alexander Selkirk, who had spent four years there completely alone. The next morning he came aboard clad in goatskins and looking wilder than the islands first... Read all