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The Original Robinson Crusoe; Selkirk, a Scottish Privateer, survived on an island south of Cabo from 1704 to 1709. After a dispute on board the ship with Captain Thomas Straddling, Selkirk asked to be left on the remote Juan Fernandez Archipelago islands with only a gun, bible, and few other necessities. Selkirk survived alone on the island for over five years.
Selkirk made friends with the cats and goats who were also stranded on the islands by pirates. Clothed in Goat Skins and telling time by carving notches in trees, Selkirk was rescued to Cabo San Lucas by Privateer Woodes Rogers in 1709. Cabo was an important port for the Spanish. The Galleons sailed directly from Manilla in the Philippines to America's entry port – Cabo San Lucas. Pirates would prey on these brand-new ships as they brought exotic treasures and riches from Asia. The story eventually inspired Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe.
Click below to learn more about Cabo and Selkirk with author Laura Bueno.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcGUDJXCyys&t=38s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW1j0PgwPXc