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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BrokenEye3 on 2023-12-04 20:57:33.

Original Title: TIL that Alexander Selkirk, the castaway thought to have inspired ‘Robinson Crusoe’, sailed with and was later rescued by William Dampier, an explorer whose voyages partially inspired ‘Gulliver’s Travels’