Mrs. Scoresby Routledge; Katherine Routledge
The Mystery of Easter Island
London, Hazell, Watson and Viney LD; Sifton, Praed & Co LTD, 1920. Cloth. The second edition of this uncommon work recounting Katherine Routledge's extraordinary expedition to Easter Island in 1914-5. The second edition of this uncommon work.In this work, Katherine Routledge recounts her extraordinary expedition to Easter Island in Chile with her husband Scoresby from 1914-5. Together, they built a custom made yacht named Mana, and sailed from Falmouth, England for a sea voyage that lasted over a year. They passed through the Patagonia Passage in South America before they arrived to Easter Island. Tha pair would be the first qualified scholars to carry out an anthropological survey of the island, and their visit preserved cultural and historic information that would have otherwise been lost. The story was followed by British media due to a high public interest in the giant statues of the island, the moai. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding maps, ten folding plates, ninety-two plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.One page of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Loss to the front board. Minor marks to the cloth. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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