| The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe González to Easter Island, 1770-1: Preceded by an Extract from Mynheer Jacob Roggeveen's Official Log of His Discover Contributor(s): Corney, Bolton Glanvill (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108078230 ISBN-13: 9781108078238 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Oceania |
| Dewey: 996.18 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.75 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1722, on Easter Sunday, Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European to visit the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui. He named it Easter Island. Decades later, concerned that the British intended to establish a Pacific base, the Spanish ordered an expedition to the South Pacific from Peru. Felipe Gonz lez de Ahedo (1702-92) landed on Easter Island in November 1770 and claimed it for the Spanish crown. These English translations of the first-hand accounts from these two expeditions were prepared by the antiquarian and bibliophile Bolton Corney (1784-1870) and published for the Hakluyt Society in 1908. The reports of the first European impressions of the enormous moai make clear their wonder at the mysterious monolithic statues, and their incredulity that the island inhabitants had the means to carve and move such structures. This illustrated work will be of interest to historians of early exploration in the Pacific. |