SYMHC Classics: Alexander Selkirk

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🗓️ 19 September 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this 2011 episode, prior hosts Sarah and Deblina talk about privateer Alexander Selkirk, who became a buccaneer in 1695. In 1704, after a fight with his captain, Selkirk was put ashore on an uninhabited island about 400 miles west of Valparaiso.

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0:33.1	Happy Saturday!
0:34.3	It is international talk like a pirate day,
0:36.7	so today we have an episode on a pirate.
0:39.3	Well, a privateer, which is just a pirate
0:41.8	you has a government's permission to be doing that.
0:44.9	This is Alexander Selkert, who is one of the likely inspirations
0:48.9	for the novel Robinson Crusoe.
0:51.4	So this classic is also actually connected to our recent episode
0:54.9	on Joshua's Locom's circumnavigation of the world.
0:58.2	This episode originally came out April 13th, 2011,
1:01.7	from previous hosts, Sarah and the Blenum.
1:04.2	And if you're curious, yes, the term marooned
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