that's interesting. i didn't realise that Alexander Selkirk was one of Dampier's crew.
i recommend Daniel Defoe's 'King Of Pirates', which is pretty much the original pirate novel.
( scott,, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 0:15, archived)

Neither did I.
I haven't got that far into Horribly Famous Pirates And Their Carribbean Capers by Michael Cox illustrated by Clive Goddard.
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 0:18, archived)