The story of the Spanish shipwrecked who inspired Daniel Defoe for his Robinson Crusoe

On April 25, 1719, novelist Daniel Defoe published "Robinson Crusoe". It is regarded as the first English novel.

On April 25, 1719, novelist Daniel Defoe published “Robinson Crusoe”. It is regarded as the first English novel. — Today is the birthday of physicist, inventor, and entrepreneur Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937). He was known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission as well as for the development of Marconi’s law and a radio telegraph system. He is often considered the inventor of radio. —   SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we p…

Survival Stories: Philip Ashton, the Real Castaway Who Inspired Daniel DeFoe

A pirate capture, a daring escape, a deserted island -- it all seems like material from an old swashbuckling movie, probably with Errol Flynn. But in 1722, a young fisherman named Philip Ashton found himself in just such a narrative. He was thrown into captivity in a pirate ship, which brought him halfway around the world before he managed to escape -- getting away only to spend 16 months as a castaway on a small Caribbean island. His desperate …

The story of the Spanish shipwrecked who inspired Daniel Defoe for his Robinson Crusoe

Two centuries before the publication of Robinson Crusoewhich took place on April 25, 1719, a Spanish sailor had lived in his own flesh, being a shipwrecked and living only in a desert and unknown island for three years. That was the real story that inspired that which is considered the first modern novel in English, and that heard the own Daniel Defoe on a trip through Spain in its merchant stage. Juan Fernández or the best saved secret of the S…