Commemoration
In 1863, the crew of HMS Topaze placed a bronze tablet at a spot called Selkirk's Lookout on a hill of Más a Tierra, Juan Fernández Islands, in memory of Selkirk's stay there. On 11 December 1885, after a speech by Lord Aberdeen, Lady Aberdeen unveiled a bronze statue and plaque of Selkirk outside a house on the site of his original home on the Main Street of Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland. David Gillies of Cardy House, Lower Largo, a descendant of the Selkirks, donated the statue and T. Stuart Burnett ARSA designed it.
On 1 January 1966 Chilean president Eduardo Frei Montalva renamed Más a Tierra Robinson Crusoe Island, in order to attract tourists. At the same time, the smaller of the two main Juan Fernández Islands known as Más Afuera was officially designated Alejandro Selkirk Island, although Selkirk probably never saw that island as it is located 168 km (104 mi) to the west.
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