Robinson Crusoe Pictures

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Daniel Defoe

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In the second half of the seventeenth century, trade between England, Europe, and overseas colonies boosted the British economy. This map depicts the triangular exchange of goods and slave labor that both Defoe and his protagonist practiced.

The first edition of Defoe's novel, from which this title page is taken, was published as a fictional memoir in 1719.

Aidan Quinn played the title role in Crusoe, the 1989 film version of Defoe's novel.