Other possible sources for the narrative include Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, and Spanish sixteenth-century sailor Pedro Serrano. Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan is a twelfth-century philosophical novel also set on a desert island, and translated from Arabic into Latin and English a number of times in the half-century preceding Defoe's novel.
other possible sources for the narrative include ibn tufail's hayy ibn yaqdhan and spanish sixteenth-century sailor pedro serrano ibn tufail's hayy ibn yaqdhan is a twelfth-century philosophical novel also set on a desert island and translated from arabic into latin and english a number of times in the half-century preceding defoe's novel