Boosted by 19 April 1709 issue of Daniel Defoe's A Review of the Affairs of France, a periodical that supported the Harley ministry, the concept was a key factor in British negotiations, and was reflected in the final treaties.

In this work he expounded his Jacobite political principles and attacked the Whiggish and Dissenting views of John Tutchin's Observator ( founded 1702 ) and Daniel Defoe's Review ( 1704-13 ).

Defoe's first notable publication was An Essay upon Projects, a series of proposals for social and economic improvement, published in 1697.

Pitman's short book about his desperate escape from a Caribbean penal colony for his part in the Monmouth Rebellion, his shipwrecking and subsequent desert island misadventures was published by J. Taylor of Paternoster Street, London, whose son William Taylor later published Defoe's novel.

His short book about his desperate escape from a Caribbean penal colony, followed by his shipwrecking and subsequent desert island misadventures, was published by J. Taylor of Paternoster Row, London, whose son William Taylor later published Defoe's novel.

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, published seven years after Robinson Crusoe, may be read as a systematic rebuttal of Defoe's optimistic account of human capability.

In 1967 he published his first book, Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique, retelling Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, adding to the story a philosophical depth.

He eventually published Defoe in the Pillory and Other Studies, in which he compared the style and contents of A General History to Defoe's works, noting that the frequent meditations on morality are similar to Defoe's work, and that Defoe wrote several other works on pirates.

A General History of the Pyrates continues to be reprinted in many different editions, often with additional commentary, sometimes published under Charles Johnson's name and sometimes under Daniel Defoe's name.

Selkirk married Frances Candish, a pub landlady there in 1720, the year after Defoe's book was published.

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe ( 1719 ) was the first major novel of the new century and was published in more editions than any other works besides Gulliver's Travels ( Mullan 252 ).

Selkirk's story aroused great interest at home, and Daniel Defoe's fictional character Robinson Crusoe was almost certainly based in part on him.

A natural target, Defoe's pamphleteering and political activities resulted in his arrest and placement in a pillory on 31 July 1703, principally on account of a pamphlet entitled The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters ; Or, Proposals for the Establishment of the Church,

Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe ( 1719 ) tells of a man's shipwreck on a deserted island and his subsequent adventures.

* Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe was supposedly the autobiography of the title character, an English castaway who spent 28 years on a remote island.

Introduced fauna by humans include rats and goats, which castaway Alexander Selkirk survived on during his four year stay from 1705 to 1709 ; his travails provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

Defoe's immediate inspiration for Crusoe is usually thought to be a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk, who was rescued in 1709 by Woodes Rogers ' expedition after four years on the uninhabited island of Más a Tierra in the Juan Fernández Islands off the Chilean coast.

The Cross is referred to in Daniel Defoe's a " Tour through the whole island of Great Britain ", where he reports on the Great Fire of Northampton in 1675, "... a townsman being at Queen's Cross upon a hill on the south side of the town, about two miles off, saw the fire at one end of the town then newly begun, and that before he could get to the town it was burning at the remotest end, opposite where he first saw it.

The first steel pen is said to have been made in 1803 ( but in Daniel Defoe's book " A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain-1724-26 " Letter VII he wrote: ' the plaster of the ceilings and walls in some rooms is so fine, so firm, so entire, that they break it off in large flakes, and it will bear writing on it with a pencil or steel pen ).

A biographer of Daniel Defoe has suggested that the derivation from " Old Grog " is wrong because Defoe used the term in 1718, but this is based on a miscitation of Defoe's work, which actually used the word " ginger.

But the novel differs in that it is modeled on Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, a genuine adventure story, and presents a geographically impossible array of mammals, birds, reptiles, and plants ( including the Bamboos, Cassavas, Cinnamon Trees, Coconut Palm Trees, Fir Trees, Flax, Myrica cerifera, Rice, Rubber Plant Potatoes, Sago Palms, and an entirely fictitious kind of Sugarcane ) that probably could never have existed together on a single island for the children's edification, nourishment, clothing and convenience.

Duncombe and his benefactions to St Magnus feature prominently in Daniel Defoe's The True-Born Englishman, a biting satire on critics of William III that went through several editions from 1700 ( the year in which Duncombe was elected Sheriff ).

This was particularly unfortunate as Defoe's transfer also resulted in him missing out on playing in Spurs ' League Cup final victory over Chelsea despite appearing in every match en route to the final.

*" Our name is Legion, and we are Many " is from Daniel Defoe's " Legion's Memorial ," delivered to the British House of Commons on May 14, 1701, in which Defoe defends the right to petition, claiming to represent 200, 000 petitioners.

* Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway when he was marooned on an uninhabited island ; probably provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

Defoe's description of piracy focuses for the most part on matters of economics and logistics, making it an intriguing if not particularly gripping read.

Singleton's pirate behaves more like a merchant adventurer, perhaps Defoe's comment on the mercantilism of his day.

Defoe's form for Bournemouth in the 2000 – 01 season saw him selected for the England U21s team to play Mexico U21s in May 2001, and he marked his debut with the second goal as England U21s won 3 – 0.

Title page from Daniel Defoe's: The History Of The Union Of Great Britain dated 1709 and printed in Edinburgh by the Heirs of Anderson

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, brokered his release in exchange for Defoe's co-operation as an intelligence agent for the Tories.

In exchange for such cooperation with the rival political side, Harley paid some of Defoe's outstanding debts, improving his financial situation considerably.

Defoe's description of Glasgow ( Glaschu ) as a " Dear Green Place " has often been misquoted as a Gaelic translation for the town.

The novel has been variously read as an allegory for the development of civilisation, as a manifesto of economic individualism and as an expression of European colonial desires but it also shows the importance of repentance and illustrates the strength of Defoe's religious convictions.

The same year, she starred in the film adaptation of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders for which she received a Satellite Nomination for Best Actress in a Drama.

Another source for Defoe's novel may have been Robert Knox's account of his abduction by the King of Ceylon in 1659 in " An Historical Account of the Island Ceylon ," Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons ( Publishers to the University ), 1911.

Furthermore, much of the appeal of Defoe's novel is the detailed and captivating account of Crusoe's thoughts, occupations and activities which goes far beyond that of Rogers ' basic descriptions of Selkirk, which account for only a few pages.

They are famous for their lobster and the fact that one of the islands, Robinson Crusoe Island, is where Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel, was marooned for about four years.

Another example can be found in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe when the title character kills an unknown bird for food but finds " its flesh was carrion, and fit for nothing ".

On a later voyage, he was able to rescue Alexander Selkirk, who was Daniel Defoe's inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.

Selkirk's travails provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

As with his first score for Liverpool there was a degree of uncertainty as to whether he would be credited with the goal as it appeared Jermain Defoe's chip had crossed the goal-line before Crouch scored from the follow-up.

" However, Patricia Springborg notes that Defoe's own recommendation for an academy for women as detailed in his Essay Upon Projects did not significantly differ from Astell's original proposal.