APPENDIX. 



249 



TOBAGO. 



land, which they called 

 Courland Bay, a name it 

 still retains. In 1658 this 

 colony was taken by the 

 Dutch, and afterward by 

 the French. 



1666.— Island taken by Eng- 

 lish adventurers, but their 

 garrison of fifty men was 

 captured by stratagem by 

 twenty-five French from 

 Grenada, who remained 

 here a year, when they 

 withdrew, set fire to every- 

 thing combustible, and 

 the island was again aban- 

 doned and left without 

 an inhabitant, for the 

 second time since Euro- 

 pean occupation ! 



i67^.— English take Tobago 

 from the Dutch, who had 

 again settled there, after 

 French abandonment. 



1677.— ThQ fair island 

 seemed fated to be the 

 scene of war and desola- 

 tion, for the Dutch, hav- 

 ing once more returned, 

 were set upon by the Eng- 

 lish, under command of 

 Sir Tobias Bridges, who 

 drove them out and 

 brought away four hun- 

 dred prisoners and many 

 18 V 



SELKIRK AND CRUSOE. 



History of Peru, an Eng- 

 lish translation of which 

 appeared in London 

 about 1700, and Defoe 

 most probably saw it. 



The island is still called 

 Serrano, or Pearl Island, 

 and lies in latitude 14° N. 



i^^^.— Crusoe born. 



16Jf3. — Juan Fernandez vis- 

 ited by Captain Tasman, 

 a Dutch navigator. 



1659. — Crusoe voyages from 

 Brazil to Africa, in quest 

 of slaves. 



1659. — Wrecked on a deso- 

 late island, the last pre- 

 vious observation having 

 placed him 12° and some 

 minutes north of the 

 equator. 



i^^i.— Defoe born. 



i<57^.— Selkirk born. 



1681. — English buccaneer. 

 Captain Watlin, chased 

 from Juan Fernandez by 

 three Spanish ships ; 

 leaves on the island a 

 Mosquito Indian, who 

 was out hunting for 

 goats. 



i^^^.— This Indian found 

 here by Captain Dampier. 



1686. — Crusoe rescued. 



1687. — Arrives in England. 



