Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez to Easter Island, 1770-1 - Preceded By an Extract From Mynheer Jacob Roggeveen s Official Log

Klappentext Published in 1908, English translations of first-hand accounts by the first Europeans to land on Easter Island. Zusammenfassung These English translations of first-hand accounts from the first Europeans to land on Easter Island were published in 1908. Their descriptions of the enormous moai make clear their wonder at the mysterious monolithic statues! and their incredulity that the inhabitants had the means to carve and move such structures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductory note; Introduction; 1. Extract from the official log of Roggeveen; 2. Journals, royal commands, minutes, and despatches of the San Lorenzo; 3. Journal of the voyage of Santa Rosalia; 4. Narrative of the expedition of the San Lorenzo and Santa Rosalia; Appendices.

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• Authors: Bolton Glanvill Corney, EDITED BY BOLTON GLA
• Assisted by: Bolton Glanvill Corney (Editor), Corney Bolton Glanvill (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2015
• EAN: 9781108078238
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07823-8
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region