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C1870
Chart of Rapa-Nui or Easter Island
Mapmaker:
Edward Weller
Easter Island’s long isolation was ended on Easter Sunday in 1722 when a Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, found the island. He named it for the holy day. The Spanish Captain, Don Felipe Gonzales, was the next to land at Easter … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Chart of Rapa-Nui or Easter Island
Date:
C1870
Mapmaker:
Edward Weller
Condition:
In good condition with folds as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
240mm
x 190mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1870
Description:
Easter Island’s long isolation was ended on Easter Sunday in 1722 when a Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, found the island. He named it for the holy day. The Spanish Captain, Don Felipe Gonzales, was the next to land at Easter Island. He arrived in 1770 and claimed the island for the King of Spain. But no ship from the Spanish Navy ever came to make it official. Captain James Cook, stopped briefly in 1774, and La Perouse, spent 11 hours on the island in 1786.
Mapmaker:
Edward Weller (1819-1884)
Very active English cartographer of which little is known of his
personal life although he produced a number of important maps and was
elected a member of the Royal Geographical Society.
