The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe González to Easter Island, 1770-1

by Felipe González De Haedo and Bolton Glanvill Corney

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108078230
• ISBN13: 9781108078238
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"