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Paperback 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 Book

ISBN: 1108078230

ISBN13: 9781108078238

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

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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...

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