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There are a lot of popular misconceptions about pirates, but the trope of pirates marooning victims on desert islands has a strong historical backing. For instance, codes of law followed by pirates specifically listed marooning as a punishment for breaking the code. While pirates left victims of marooning for dead, there are a few survival stories. We look at the story of Alexander Selkirk, one of the most famous survival narratives.

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Sources:

Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag: the Romance and the Reality of Life among the Pirates. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006. Chapters 5 and 7 are particularly relevant for this video.
Dampier, William. New Voyage Round the World. 1699, gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500461h.html.
Johnson, Charles. A General History of the Pyrates. 1726.
La Roque de Roquebrune, Robert. “La Roque, Marguerite De.” Dictionary of Canadian Biography, www.biographi.ca/en/bio/la_roque_marguerite_de_1E.html.
Rogers, Woodes. A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the SouthSea, Thence to the EastIndies, and Homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. A. Bell, 1712, books.google.com/books?id=e1GmdIw7fpgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. Pages 125130 concern Selkirk's story.