Independently Published

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Independently Published

Robinson Crusoe is a sailor from York who, on an expedition through Africa by ship, is captured by pirates and becomes a slave. He manages to escape and is helped by a Portuguese navy captain, who is heading to Brazil. In the latter place he settled for a time, but the option arose to once again sail to Africa in search of blacks to attend to the domestic needs of him and a group of immigrants in Brazil; it is there where the ship wrecks and he is the only survivor, managing to reach an island of which he seems to be the only inhabitant. As a means of survival, he takes all those weapons and supplies from the ship that he needs, waiting to be rescued. When he finally begins to adapt to solitude (thanks, among other things, to his conversion to Christianity) and to settle on the island, he discovers that he is not alone in it, since a cannibal indigenous tribe visits the island frequently for their rituals and feasts. Crusoe immediately considers the Indians as enemies, and helps one of his prisoners who was about to be executed to escape. As they met on a Friday, Crusoe calls him "Friday" and they forge a sincere friendship, despite the fact that they do not coincide in language or culture. Together they decide to help the other prisoners captured by the natives, one of whom is a Spaniard who is also a castaway awaiting the arrival of a ship.