Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe was first, published on April 25, 1719, during the age of exploration and enlightenment. The world was actively, explored, mapped, settled, and reported, back to various European ports and capitals. Readers in the 1700's considered long distance travel perhaps in the same way we regard space travel today, an exotic privileged accessible to a few well trained professions. The average reader of the period barely travelled...