The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 1 - With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, - Written By Himself, in Two Volumes

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Of York, Mariner, Vol. 1, by Daniel Defoe This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Of York, Mariner, Vol. 1 With An Account Of His Travels Round Three Parts Of The Globe, Written By Himself, In Two Volumes Author: Daniel Defoe Release Date: February 23, 2004 [EBook #11239] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROBINSON CRUSOE, VOL. 1 *** Produced by Internet Archive; University of Florida, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. [pg iii] THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS ROUND THREE PARTS OF THE GLOBE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL.I. 1812. [pg v] THE LIFE OF DANIEL DE FOE. Daniel De Foe was descended from a respectable family in the county of Northampton, and born in London, about the year 1663. His father, James Foe, was a butcher, in the parish of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, and a protestant dissenter. Why the subject of this memoir prefixed the De to his family name cannot now be ascertained, nor did he at any period of his life think it necessary to give his reasons to the public.