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Birth of Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe was born in the city of York in 1632 by a German father and he was the youngest of three brothers. -
Robinson leaves
Robinson Crusoe embarks for London on the ship of one of his friends.
After London, Robinson joins another successful commercial trip. Then, he leaves once again but he is captured and reduced to slavery by the Moorish pirates. -
Robinson and Xury run away
Robinson is entrusted with fishing and during an exploration he pushes one of his two companions into the sea while the other one promises him loyalty. Then the two escape towards the South and on an isle the Portuguese captain of a European ship offers to take Robinson and his companion Xury to Brazil. -
Robinson sets sail for Guinea
Robinson sets sail for Guinea but the ship encounters a storm near the South America coast and when the ship arrives in Caribbean there is another storm that leads the ship into the sand. -
The desolate island
His willpower is very helpful in the hunting for food and the building of a roof that he calls fortress. Robinson begins a journal in which he records the good and evil aspects of this experience. For example he writes about the discovery of the barley. -
An earthquake
During his permanence on island, Robinson survives to different natural disasters, for example an earthquake. After that there is a period of strong rainfalls so he gets sick. -
Friday
After his twenty-third year of residence in the island, Robinson saves a prisoner who had been captured by the cannibals. Robinson kills the cannibals and then he begins a friendship with the prisoner who is called 'Friday'. -
Goodbye island
Robinson Crusoe manages to escape from the island where he has lived for 28 years, bringing with him all his possessions. In the end he successfull reaches England.
