Herdman, Captain Mungo, 204
Hill, James, 45, 56
Hollidge, James, 165
Hopeful Binning (ship), 54
hummingbirds, 25, 43, 69, 97, 117
Huxford, Samuel, 45, 56, 59–60, 90
Increase (ship; earlier Santa Josepka), 139, 152
‘Island, The’ see Juan Fernandez
Johow, Federico, 21n
Jones, Thomas, 48, 89
Juan Fernandez (‘The Island’): location and description, 19–20, 23, 43–4; volcanic nature, 19–20, 219; flora and fauna, 20–3, 97, 213, 219, 221–2; Dampier’s knowledge of, 39–40, 44; Miskito Indian (Will) survives on, 40–2; named, 42–3; exploited by Spanish, 43–4; 1703 expedition reaches, 67–9, 72; Cinque Ports repaired at, 82–3; French attack, 82; Selkirk marooned on, 84–5, 89–90; Selkirk’s life on, 92–100, 115–18; spiritual/emotional effect on Selkirk, 95–6, 105–6, 110–11, 118, 175, 190, 222; 1708/9 expedition sails for, 128–31; Selkirk leaves, 138; Steele describes, 177; plan to colonise, 183–4; depicted in Robinson Crusoe, 194–5, 197–8; visitors to, 213, 215; Anson’s fleet survivors on, 214; colonised, 214–16; as penal settlement, 215; modern life on, 216–19; renamed (Isla Robinson Crusoe), 216; ecosystem, 219–22; as national park, 219; declared Worldwide Reserve of the Biosphere, 220
Kinsale, Co. Cork (Ireland), 47–8, 56–7, 124–5, 193
Largo, Fife: Selkirk’s early life in, 49–50, 54–6, 96, 178; Selkirk returns to (1713), 184, 189–90; described, 190; Selkirk finally leaves, 191; Frances Candis (Hall) claims Selkirk’s property in, 207
Le Grande (island, Brazil), 64, 127–8
Letters of Marque, 32
Lima, 74, 101, 150n
Lind, James, 62–3
lobsters, 217–18 & n
London Gazette, 46, 166
longitude, 57–8
Lords of Trade and Plantations, 52
Louis XIV, King of France, 122
Madeira, 52–3, 56, 58–9, 126
Malpelo (island), 100–1
Man Friday, 200
Manila, 31, 155
Manila galleons (treasure ships): as prize targets, 31 & n, 81, 84, 102, 104, 138, 148; plunder divided and allocated in London, 178–81; see also Batchelor (earlier Disengano); Begona; Rosario; Santa Ana
Manipa (Island), 114
Manta de Cristo (Spanish ship), 82
Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain, 155
Marquess (ship; earlier Havre de Grace): captured and renamed, 141, 152; Cooke captains, 141, 157, 170; voyage and privateering, 147; threat of mutiny on, 149; in attacks on Spanish treasure ships, 154, 156–7; sold at Batavia, 161, 165, 170
Marticorena, Clodomiro, 21n
Martin, Christian, 4, 112
Mason, Katherine, 182, 192, 202
Meangis, New Guinea, 36–7
meat: in diet, 47–8
Medway, HMS, 166
mice, 29
Mindanao, 35
Miskito Indians, 40–1
Montagu, Charles (1st Earl of Halifax), 36
Morgan, Edward: sails with Dampier, 45; secretiveness, 65, 72, 182–3; accused of fraud and cheating, 75, 115, 182, 184; plunders Spanish ships, 75, 80; Selkirk hopes for rescue by, 94; deserts Dampier, 112; sells plunder, 114
Navarino (supply ship), 218
navigation, 57–8, 111
Nether Largo see Largo
Nettle, Richard, 186
New Caledonia see Darien scheme
Nuestra Senora de Begona see Begona
Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion Disengano see Batchelor
Nuestra Senora de los Remedios (Spanish ship), 41
Olive Branch (ship), 54
Opey, Captain (of East Indiaman), 161n
Orford, Edward Russell, Earl of, 36
Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of, 165, 170, 185–6
Page, William, 127
Panama, 51, 101–2
Paterson, Jane, 38
Paterson, William, 51–2
Patterson, Robert, 178
Pepys, Samuel, 36
Peru, 31, 51, 72, 81, 138–9
Philippines, 156
Pichberty, Jean, 154
Pickering, Captain Charles, 48, 56, 63; death, 64–5, 67
pigs, 43
pinnaces: defined, 32n
piracy, 35, 203–5; see also privateers and privateering
Pizzaro, Carlos Munoz, 220
Plymouth, 201–3, 206, 209
Post Boy (journal), 166
privateers and privateering, 32, 58, 70–2, 77, 80–2, 102–5, 131, 138–48, 154–7, 165, 179n
Puerto Inglés (bay), 22n
Pulling, Captain (of Fame), 45, 47
rabbits, 220–2
rats, 23, 24–5, 95, 98–9
Review (Defoe’s journal), 165, 170
Ritta, La (Spanish ship), 75
Roatan Island, Honduras, 93
Roberts, William, 81–2
Robin (Miskito Indian), 41–2
Robinson Crusoe see under Defoe, Daniel
Rodt, Alfred de, 215–16
Roebuck (ship), 45
Rogers, John, 123, 140, 152
Rogers, Captain Woodes: on Selkirk’s sexual practices, 107n; on 1708/9 expedition, 122, 125; commands Duke, 123, 128; keeps journal, 123, 169; hostility to Vanbrugh, 126–7, 162; on importance of liquor, 126; punishes mutineers, 126; on ritual of crossing the Tropic, 127; reaches Island, 130, 133; on disputes over booty, 138, 162–4; privateering, 139–40; buys wig, 141n; in attack on and plunder of Guayaquil, 142–5, 147; on sickness among crew, 146; discipline on ship, 149, 151; at Galapagos Islands, 151; in capture of Disengano, 154; wounded, 155, 157–8, 161, 164, 173; on voyage home, 159, 165; takes on provisions at Guam, 160; on Batavia, 161; consults Steele, 170, 173–4; bankruptcy, 173; appointed to command 1712 expedition, 183; Selkirk relates time with, 189; as Governor of Bahamas, 192; on men’s ‘marriages’, 193; A Cruising Voyage Round the World, 168, 170, 173–4
Romsey, John, 122
Rosario (Spanish treasure ship), 104–5,111
St Andrew (ship), 52, 54
St George (ship): fitted out for voyage, 32, 44–6; officers and crew, 45–7; departs, 47; food and diet on, 47–8, 60, 66; disagreements and mismanagement on, 56; leaves Kinsale, 56; Selkirk navigates, 56–7; sickness aboard, 61–3, 66; crosses equator, 63; Barnaby leads mutiny on, 64–5; rounds Cape Horn, 66; at Island, 68–9; attacks French merchantman, 70–2; in attack on Santa Maria, 77; captures Assumsion, 80; Cinque Ports parts from, 81; damaged by shipworms, 102, 182–3; in fight against Spanish warship, 102–3; attacks and loses Rosario galleon, 104–5, 112; repaired at St Lucas, 104; Dampier abandons, 113
St Jago (Sao Tiago), Cape Verde Islands, 59–60
St John, Henry, 185
St Vincent, 127
Salisbury, HMS, 62
San Juan Bautista, Juan Fernandez island, 216, 221
Santa Ana (Spanish treasure ship), 152
Santa Clara (islet), 95, 221
Santa Josepha see Increase
Santa Maria, Panama, 72, 76–80
Santa Maria (Spanish ship), 75
Say, Revd, 209
scurvy, 61–3, 126–7, 136
sea lions, 24, 40, 69, 100, 213
seals: prevalence on Island, 23, 68, 90, 98; fur (Arctocephalus philippi), 24, 39, 213, 218; attacked and killed, 40 & n, 69–70, 137; Selkirk eats, 100, 106
Selcraig, Alexander (Selkirk’s nephew), 190, 192
Andrew (brother), 55
David (brother), 190
Euphan (mother), 49, 53, 96, 189–90
John (brother), 50, 55, 190
John (father), 49, 50, 55, 192
Margaret see Bell, Margaret
Selkirk, Alexander: as Master of Cinque Ports, 48, 51; birth and background, 49 & n, 50; misbehaviour and violence, 50, 54–6, 184, 191, 193; on Darien scheme, 51–2, 54; navigates St George, 56–8; criticises Dampier and Stradling, 63, 67, 72, 75, 81; and attack on Santa Maria, 77; on capture of Assumsion, 80; joins Stradling on Cinque Ports, 81–2; shares booty, 81; on effect of shipworms, 83; quarrels with Stradling, 83; marooned on Island, 84–5, 89–90; possessions, 91; life on Island, 92–100, 105–11, 115–18, 175; Island’s spiritual/emotional effect on, 95–6, 105–6, 110–11, 175, 190, 223; personal care and appearance,
