Juan Fernández

[ wahn fer-nan-dez, joo-uhn; Spanish hwahn fer-nahn-des ]

noun

1. a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 miles (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.

Example Sentences

He died on the 24th of March, 1770, near the island of Juan Fernandez.

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The next land they saw was Juan Fernandez, but missing the proper anchorage, they were unable to bring up.

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Buccaneers who lived three years on the Island Juan Fernandez.

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Both being bound for Juan Fernandez's Isle, we kept company, and we spared him bread and beef, and he spared us water.

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Selkirk was not the first sailor abandoned upon the island of Juan Fernandez.

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