A Brit became a real-life Robinson Crueson and found himself stranded on a desert island for four long years.
In 1704, a sailor in the South Pacific was faced with an unenviable dilemma: stay on a sinking ship or choose to maroon himself on an uninhabited island.
The tale of Alexander Selkirk's four-year stay on what is now known as Robinson Crusoe Island has become the stuff of legend.
