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Sel·kirk   (sěl'kûrk')   
Scottish sailor who was marooned (1704-1709) on an island off Chile and is thought to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (published 1719).
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Selkirk, Alexander

Scottish sailor who was the prototype of the marooned traveler in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719).

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