A map of Juan Fernandes Island to the west of Santiago, Chile in the Pacific Ocean. The island is most famous for being the home of Alexander Selkirk for four years which was it is believed the inspiration for the novel Robinson Crusoe. Indeed the island is now named after the character. It was published in Abbe Antoine Francois Prevost’s (1697-1763) ‘Histoire Generale des Voyages’. Shirley BL G.Prev 1a.