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Peter Fogg wrote:
> They were left alone for many years, eventually being visited by an
> American whaler. Although they had kept meticulous records their
> calendar was out by one day, due to failing to take into account one of
> the mutineer Bounty's crossings of the dateline (180 degrees East or
> West). One of their number at that time was called Thursday, so was
> promptly renamed Friday, the origin of the 'Man Friday' of the Robinson
> Crusoe story.
Hardly! "Robinson Crusoe" was first published in 1719. Pitcairn was
"rediscovered", if I may use that term, in 1808.
Trevor Kenchington
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