government renamed Isla Más Afuera as Alejandro Selkirk Island, with Isla Más a Tierra becoming Robinson Crusoe Island. Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor who was marooned as a castaway on Más a Tierra (then uninhabited) from 1704 to 1709. His story of survival likely inspired the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. See also Flora of the Juan Fernández Islands Endemic flora of the Juan Fernández Islands Endemic fauna of the Juan Fernández Islands References External links Robinson Crusoe, Moai statues and the Rapa Nui: the stories of Chile’s far-off islands Geographical names on Alejandro Selkirk Island Patagonia documentary about the island, Los Plastico Islands of Valparaíso Region Juan Fernández Islands Polygenetic shield volcanoes Pleistocene shield volcanoes Important Bird Areas of the Juan Fernández Islands Seabird colonies