Title: Eighth Land
Description: Analysis based principally on "Manuscript E", written by Easter Islanders in the early 20th century and made public in 1955. Refutes Heyerdahl's contention that aboriginals from the Americas settled Easter Island, asserting instead discovery and settlement by central Polynesians. Reliance on ethnoscientific data on place names, ethnobotany, ethnozoology, calendrical divisions, etc. Includes the complete Rapanui (Polynesian) text of Manuscript E.
Subjects: History, Kings and rulers, Polynesians in Easter Island, Easter island, history, Prehistoric peoples, polynesia, Polynésiens, Histoire, 15.90 history of Australia and Oceania, Ethnology, Polynesiërs, Ontdekkingen, Ethnologie, Polynesians
Places: Easter Island
People: Hotu Matú'a Easter Island Chief