Robert Drury (born 1687; died between 1743 and 1750) was an English sailor on the Degrave who was shipwrecked at the age of 17 on the island of Madagascar. He would be trapped there for fifteen years. Upon returning to England a book allegedly recounting his memoirs would be published in his name in 1729. Though it was an instant success, the credibility of the details in the book would be put into question by later historians.

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  • Robert Drury (born 1687; died between 1743 and 1750) was an English sailor on the Degrave who was shipwrecked at the age of 17 on the island of Madagascar. He would be trapped there for fifteen years. Upon returning to England a book allegedly recounting his memoirs would be published in his name in 1729. Though it was an instant success, the credibility of the details in the book would be put into question by later historians. Modern scholars have proven though that many details in the book are authentic and that the story itself is one of the oldest written historical accounts of life in southern Madagascar during the 18th century.
  • Robert Drury war ein englischer Seemann, der ein Buch über seinen 17-jährigen Aufenthalt als Schiffbrüchiger auf der Insel Madagaskar schrieb. Dieses Buch gehört zu den seltenen Aufzeichnungen über das südliche Madagaskar im 18. Jahrhundert.
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  • Robert Drury (born 1687; died between 1743 and 1750) was an English sailor on the Degrave who was shipwrecked at the age of 17 on the island of Madagascar. He would be trapped there for fifteen years. Upon returning to England a book allegedly recounting his memoirs would be published in his name in 1729. Though it was an instant success, the credibility of the details in the book would be put into question by later historians.
  • Robert Drury war ein englischer Seemann, der ein Buch über seinen 17-jährigen Aufenthalt als Schiffbrüchiger auf der Insel Madagaskar schrieb. Dieses Buch gehört zu den seltenen Aufzeichnungen über das südliche Madagaskar im 18. Jahrhundert.
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