STRANDED ! THE ADVENTURE OF ALEXANDER SELKIRK

            Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor who spent more than four years stranded alone on an island in the Pasific Ocean. In 1703, Selkirk joined an expedition from Scotland to Polynesia. However, in 1704, when ship stopped at an island near Chile to get food and water, Selkirk was worried that the ship was not safe, so he asked the captain to leave him there. The captain agreed. Selkirk only brought a few things with him, including a gun, some tools, a knife, and some clothes, but he survived by hunting goats for meat and milk, and eating vegetables on the island. He even learned how to make his own clothes! Selkirk was finally rescued in 1709 when sailors from another ship came to the island and found him. Selkirk’s adventures also inspired many other stories, including Robinson Cruose and Gulliver’s Travels.