| Description |
xvi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Lisa Drew book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- A note on spelling and pronunciation -- Prologue -- pt. 1]. Before Easter Island : setting sail -- Ancestor worship : Southend, 1866 -- "a terrible blank," 1872 -- Waiting for change : Woodside, 1872 -- Escape : Oxford and South Africa -- Scoresby : "a true British barbarian," 1904 -- British East Africa : love, sex, and empire, 1906 -- [pt. 2]. Easter Island -- Mana, 1910 -- The Mana Expedition : sailors, scientists, and spies -- Atlantic to the Pacific : an "archaeological fiasco" -- Toward Easter Island : ecology and history at sea -- "Easter Island at last!" -- First impressions and plans -- Orongo : the eleventh hour -- Troubled waters -- "Katarina" and the Prophetess Angata -- Camp Hotu Iti : living faces -- A Spy story -- Legacy -- [pt. 3]. After Eastern Island : adrift -- Voyage home -- The story of an expedition, 1916-20 -- Links, sidetracks, and dead ends, 1921-25 -- Spooks and voices -- Cyprus, 1961 -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Subject |
Routledge, Katherine, 1866-1935
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Women archaeologists -- Easter Island -- Biography.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Easter Island.
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Sculpture, Prehistoric -- Easter Island.
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Easter Island -- Antiquities.
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| ISBN |
074324480X |
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