Leaving home and the first shipwreck

1 A high view of 1630s York at quiet dawn, with roofs, spires and chimney smoke

2 The old father weeps quietly in his chamber as he speaks of the son lost in the wars

3 A young man boards at Hull on 1 September 1651 as the master's son beckons him

4 Flushed and half drunk, Crusoe lifts a cup of punch before the calm bright sea

5 Idle sailors rest on an anchored collier while dozens of ships ride to the contrary wind

6 Seamen swing axes at the leaning foremast as the master gives a grim nod

7 The dismasted ship sinks as shocked seamen stare and young Crusoe looks at the boards

8 On a Yarmouth street, the weary master tells the young runaway never to go to sea again

9 On the Thames bank at dusk, young Crusoe turns from the London road to gaze at the masts