premise: Woodes Rogers ("ca." 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain and privateer and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe".
hypothesis: Woodes Rogers was a captain of Rbinson Crusoe's boat.
reason: Woodes Rogers was the character based on Robinson Crusoes story