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Goatskin Crusoe Statue Planned in England Hull honors Selkirk
The article notes a planned statue of Alexander Selkirk in Hull England, the real Crusoe who inspired Defoe. It recounts Selkirk's voyage to Mas a Tierra, his goats and cats, and his solitary life without Friday or a garden. Hull also links Selkirk to Crusoe and Defoe while noting other literary statue precedents.
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Robinson
Crusoe
Bavy Crockett
England
London
Alexander Selkirk
Hull
Selkirk
Daniel Defoe
Cefoe
National’ Geographic Sociey
Defoe
Masa Tierra
Valparaiso
Chile
Caribbean
America
Orooneque
Trinidad
Tobago
Sinc Trinidad
Juan Fernandez
Fernandez
Cinque Ports
Mas A Tierra
Largo
Scotland
Crugeé
Peter Pan
Kensington Gardens
Hans. Brinker
Spaarndam
Holland
Puck
Folger
Waington
D.C
Hiawatha
Minneapolis
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Hannibal
Hans Chris
Andersen
Copenhagen