Title

'Robinson Crusoe Saving His Goods out of the wreck of the Ship', c1719. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Robinson Crusoe Saving His Goods out of the wreck of the Ship', c1719. Illustration from Daniel Defoe's The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, the story of a fictional English castaway who spends 28 years on a remote island. The book, first published in 1719, was probably based on the real-life experiences of the castaway Alexander Selkirk and is considered by many as the first English novel.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1719

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C19_344

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,4Mb) / 11,2in x 17,4in / 3347 x 5220 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea animal water people male man men arts dog guy ship ships island British geography goods location century shipwreck desert island raft Britain wreck saving literature provisions barrel barrels B&W MONOCHROME castaway water transport black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century possessions shipwrecked The Print Collector geographical feature Robinson Crusoe Daniel engraving Unknown Daniel Defoe Defoe Daniel Defoe engraving