The Hermit of Juan Fernandez Island

A documentary-historical novella by Elena Zelinskaya about the life of the Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk.
Even those who have never read the famous book by Daniel Defoe know who Robinson Crusoe is—this name has long become a household word. And yet Robinson had a prototype. His name was Alexander Selkirk—and his adventures are also quite fascinating.
Selkirk (1676 — December 13, 1721) was a Scottish sailor who spent 4 years and 4 months (in 1704–1709) on the uninhabited island of Más a Tierra (today—Robinson Crusoe as part of the Juan Fernández archipelago) in the Pacific Ocean, 640 kilometers from the coast of Chile…