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Cool Historical Facts 2017-09-03 10:06:57 Post No. 3327553
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Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is based on a real person. His name was Alexander Selkirk and he was a Scottish-born Royal Navy privateer who spent 4 years marooned on a small desolated island in South Pacific. He was rescued by another privateer Woodes Rogers, who would later become a governor of Bahamas and destroy the self-proclaimed Pirate Republic based at Nassau. Selkirk's story caused great interest in England and directly inspired Defoe to write his famous work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk
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The frigate USS Constellation, one of the first purpose built ships of the US Navy was disassembled and its parts were used to build the sloop-of-war of the same name.
As such, the ship is in a gray area as to whether or not it's extant (in existence).
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Perhaps the final nail in the coffin of classical culture was the Islamic capture of Egypt, sole source of papyrus, and their reluctance to trade with infidels.
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