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Excerpt from Shipwreck of the Stirling Castle: Containing a Faithful Narrative of the Dreadful Sufferings of the Crew, and the Cruel Murder of Captain Fraser by the Savages
Countries, like men, have their personal glory the Isle of Juan Fernandez has certainly had its share, in having afforded shelter to the shipwrecked mariner, to whom Daniel De Foe gave the immortal name of Robinson Crusoe. The island took its name from Juan Fernandez, a Spanish pilot of the sixteenth century. He was in the habit of sailing along the South Ameri can coast. From Peru to Chili, meeting with no enemies but the south winds; these were, however, such redoubtable ones that they became a rude, although a sufficiently severe school Of navigation. It occurred to him on one occasion whether by putting out further to sea he might not avoid these terrible winds. He made the trial, and found that it was crowned with success his vessel glided over the sea as if by enchantment.
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