He lived for three decades on a small island off the coast of Sardinia, inspiring international fascination with his real-life adventure story.
The volcanic island of Robinson Crusoe, 670 kilometers (416 miles) west of Chile's mainland, was renamed in 1966 after the famous Daniel Defoe novel about a man left to survive on a remote island.
Robinson Crusoe. This novel is about a man who spent 28 years on a remote tropical desert island and was eventually rescued. I hope I can learn from his experiences and escape from the island I ...
In time, Mr. Morandi became an island attraction of his own, often compared to the titular castaway of Daniel Defoe’s 18th-century novel “Robinson Crusoe.” But in time, life changed for Mr ...