In Robinson's agreement with the group of planters, he puts forward the requirement that his plantation be looked after, and that should he not return, they would do with the plantation what Crusoe wished9. This is a prime example of efficient intelligence being performed by Robinson Crusoe, as he plans for the potential eventuality of his failure to return. ... The 16th century British scientist and statesmen, Francis Bacon, had written an essay in 1625 which gave advice to potential British colonists on the most efficient ways and means of developing a plantation. In his essay Of Plan...

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