Eventually, Selkirk was rescued and taken back to his homeland, to a world that no longer satisfied him after he had lived in his own little paradise. He reportedly later said: “Oh, my beloved island! I wish I had never left thee! ”
როგორც იტყობინებიან, მან მოგვიანებით თქვა: „ოჰ, ჩემო საყვარელო კუნძულო!