Eduardo Frei Montalva renamed Más a Tierra Robinson Crusoe Island after Defoe's fictional character to attract tourists. The largest of the Juan Fernández Islands, known as Más Afuera, became Alejandro Selkirk Island, although Selkirk probably never saw that island since it is located to the west. Archaeological findings An archaeological expedition to the Juan Fernández Islands in February 2005 found part of a nautical instrument that likely belonged to Selkirk. It was "a fragment of copper alloy identified as being from a pair of navigational dividers" dating from the early 18th (or late 17th) century. Selkirk is the only person known to have been on the island at that time who is likely to have had dividers and was even said by Rogers to have had such instruments in his possession. The artifact was discovered while excavating a site not far from Selkirk's Lookout where the famous castaway is believed to have lived. In 1825, during John Howell's research of Alexander Selkirk's biography, his "flip-can" was in the possession of his great-grand-nephew John Selkirk, and Alexander's musket was "in the possession of Major Lumsden of Lathallan." See also List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea Notes References Further reading External links "Trapped on a Pacific Island: Scientists Research the Real Robinson Crusoe" by Marco Evers (6 Feb­ru­ary 2009) in Spiegel Online "Island Gives Up Secret of Real Robinson Crusoe" in The Scotsman (22 Sep­tem­ ber 2005) "The Real Robinson Crusoe" by Bruce Selcraig (July 2005) in Smithsonian An account of a trip to Selkirk's Island by James S. Bruce and Mayme S. Bruce (Spring 1993) in The Explorers Journal "On a Piece of Stone: Alexander Selkirk on Greater Land" by Edward E. Leslie (1988) in Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors (pp. 61–85) Satellite imagery of the Juan Fernández Islands from Google Maps 1676 births 1700s missing person cases 1721 deaths 18th century in Chile 18th-century Scottish people British privateers Burials at sea Castaways Circumnavigators of the globe Date of birth unknown Deaths from yellow fever Formerly missing people Juan Fernández Islands Maritime folklore People from Lower Largo People who died at sea Piracy in the Pacific Ocean Robinson Crusoe Scottish sailors