Robinson Crusoe Island in his 1719 novel about the character (although the novel is explicitly set in the Caribbean, not in the Juan Fernández Islands). This was just one of several survival stories from the period that Defoe would have been aware of. To reflect the literary lore associated with the island and attract tourists, the Chilean government renamed the place Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966. Robinson Crusoe Island has a mountainous and undulating terrain, formed by ancient lava flows which have built up from numerous volcanic episodes. The highest point on the island is above sea level at El Yunque. Intense erosion
Island (Huxley novel) Beatles' Real-Life Dr. Robert Had the Feel-Good Cure for Celebs" (4 September 2009), "Spinner"'s James Sullivan considers candidates for the real "Doctor Robert" referred to in the eponymous song on The Beatles' "Revolver" album: "The more literate among them might have suspected that 'Dr. Robert' came from a character of the same name in the last novel of noted LSD advocate Aldous Huxley." English band Friendly Fires named their second album and the track 'Pala', after the name of the island in the book. Island (Huxley novel) Island is the final book by English writer Aldous Huxley, published in 1962.