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Juan Fernandez

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A mountainous island 3000 ft. high, off the Chilian coast, 420 m. W. of Valparaiso; was the lonely residence of Alexander Selkirk (1704-1709) (q. v .); was used as a penal settlement from 1819 to 1835, and is inhabited by a few seal and sea-lion hunters.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Juan Fernandez'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​j/juan-fernandez.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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