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1709 CE, February 2

The Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, is rescued from the uninhabited island of Más a Tierra on February 2, 1709, by the British privateer Captain Woodes Rogers and his expedition aboard the ship Duke. Selkirk had been marooned on the island for over four years. The story inspired Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe." The Island is now called Robinson Crusoe.

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