Robinson Crusoe Lecture Notes

Flashcards of key vocabulary and concepts from Robinson Crusoe Lecture

Daniel Defoe

The author of the eBook Robinson Crusoe.

1632

The year Robinson Crusoe was born.

Kreutznaer

Robinson Crusoe's original family name before it was anglicized.

Law

The profession Robinson Crusoe's father wanted him to pursue.

The middle station

Robinson Crusoe's father believed this was the happiest state of life.

Resolved to go home

The first thing Robinson Crusoe did after being saved from the first shipwreck.

A companion

Person who enticed Robinson Crusoe to ignore his good resolutions.

September 1, 1651

Date Robinson Crusoe went on board a ship bound for London against his parent's wishes

Sallee

Name of the Turkish rover ship that captured Robinson Crusoe.

Sallee

Robinson Crusoe was kept here for two years as a slave.

Moely (Muley)

The name Robinson Crusoe used for the Moor when fishing for his master.

Xury

The name Robinson Crusoe gave the boy who swore to be faithful to him.

To Lie Upon

What Robinson Crusoe did with the leopard skin he obtained from the Negros.

Islands of the Canaries, and the Cape de Verde Islands

They lay not far off from the coast where Robinson Crusoe found himself.

Obligation

Token the captain gave Xury promising giving him freedom in ten years.

An INGENIO

Good honest man who invited Robinson Crusoe to live with him.

Wells

Portuguese neighbor to Robinson Crusoe who also had and INGENIO.

Send letters to London to a person who has your money in London to send your effects to Lisbon, to persons as I shall direct, and in such goods as are proper for this country

Wholesome advice that Seignior Inglese gave Robinson Crusoe.

The 1st of September 1659

The date that Robinson Crusoe went on board in an evil hour.

To have gone back to Hull, and have gone home to his father

What Robinson Crusoe did not have sense to do.