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Books set in Orinoco delta, off Venezuela (Crusoe's island is made up)

1 book pinned here. The book names a region, not an exact address, so the pin sits inside the area.

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Cover of Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe (1719)

Setting
An uninhabited island "on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque", with Trinidad to its west. Tobago is the usual real-world match. Crusoe's plantation years are in Brazil.
About
A public-domain classic. Cover: the 1719 first-edition frontispiece and title page.
Source
kids.britannica.com
ISBN
9780141439822
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