| Description |
191 pages : illustrations (part color), maps, portraits ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Text originally delivered as a series of lectures by radio to the Arturo Prat Naval Base at Suberanía Bay on the Palmer Peninsula in Antarctica, between April and September of 1965. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 183-186. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Traditions, records, and geography -- Where did the Polynesians originate? -- Man comes to Easter Island -- Building a new life -- Religious and social practices -- The inscribed tablets -- The death of Hotu Matuá and the coming of the other immigrants -- The outdoor altars -- The great statues -- The beginning of the end -- Conflicts and cannibalism -- Final tragedy. |
| Subject |
Easter Island.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Englert, Sebastián. Island at the center of the world. New York, Scribner [1970] (OCoLC)575917079 |
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