Format:
180 p
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ill. (some folded), maps
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21 cm
Edition:
Tercera Edición
Note:
Title from cover
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Extract from the official voyage of Mynheer Jacob Roggeveen [...] in 1721-1, in so far as it related to the discovery of Easter islandJournal of the principal occurrences during the voyage of the frigate Santa Rosalia from El Callao de Lima to the Island of David and thence to San Carlos de Chiloe in the year 1770
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Narrative of the expedition [...] in the ship San Lorenzo and the frigate Santa Rosalia, from harbour of El Callao de Lima to the Island of David, in 1770
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Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772,1773,1774 and 1775
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Chap.VII. Sequel of the passage from New Zealand to Easter Island, and transactions there, with an account of an expedition to discover the inland part of the country, and a description of some of the surprising gigantic statues found in the island ; Chap.VIII. Description of the island, its produce, situation, and inhabitants; their manners and customs; conjectures concerning their government, religion, and other subjuects; with a more particular account of the gigantic statues.
Language:
English
Author information:
Cook, James 1728-1779
