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NOW that members of Mr. Scoresby Rout ledge's expedition to Easter Island have returned to this country, it is possible to give some idea in broad outline of the objects of the expedition and of its chief results. The expedition, which was aided by grants from the British Association and the Royal Society, was exceptionally well equipped. It also had the advantage of being independent of the infrequent opportunities of communication with Easter Island, as Mr. Routledge had built and fitted at his own expense the schooner Mana, of 126 tons, with auxiliary motor power, in which the expedition sailed from Southampton to Chile viâ, the Straits of Magellan, and thence to its destination. The party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Routledge, Lieutenant R. D. Ritchie (seconded by the Admiralty for navigation and survey work), and Mr. F. Lowry Corry, geologist. The last-mentioned gentleman had unfortunately to be left behind in South America owing to a severe attack of typhoid fever which necessitated his subsequent return to England. The expedition arrived at the island on March 29, 1914, and did not leave until August, 1915, making a stay of sixteen and a half months.
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The tablets are described and the attempts at their interpretation summarised and discussed by Mr. O. M. Dalton. â“œOn an inscribed wooden tablet from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the British Museum.â” Man. London, 1904. No. 1.
W. H. R. Rivers, â“œSun Cult and Megaliths in Oceania.â” American Anthropologist, New Series, 17, 1915. 442 fol.
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FALLAIZE, E. The Routledge Expedition to Easter Island . Nature 97, 261–262 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097261f0
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