Die Oster-Insel. Eine Stätte Prähistorischer Kultur in der Südsee. Bericht des Kommandanten S.M.Kbt. "Hyäne", Kapitänleutenant Geiseler, Über Die Ethnologische Untersuchung Der Oster-Insel (Rapanui) an den Chef Der Kaiserlichen Admiralität.

Geiseler, Kapitänleutenant [Wilhelm]

Published by Ernst Siegfried Mittler, Berlin, 1883

About this Item

48 pages, one folding map, two folding coastal views, 21 plates (6 coloured). Offprint from No. 44 of the "Beiheft zum Marineverordnungsblatt". Name stamp Weisser on title page. Weisser was one of the officers on board who landed on Easter Island. Bottom corner of map torn out without loss of text or other details, repaired with Japanese tissue paper. The rarest book on Easter Island. The officers of the Hyäne conducted the first archaeological dig on Easter Island and collected a number of artefacts as well as a brief list of vocabulary and three songs. Seller Inventory # 5254

Bibliographic Details

Title: Die Oster-Insel. Eine Stätte Prähistorischer...

Publisher: Ernst Siegfried Mittler, Berlin

Publication Date: 1883

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good