Island at the Edge of the World

Name: Island at the Edge of the World
Brand: Bloomsbury UK
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By Mike Pitts

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'The true and fascinating story of Easter Island and its amazing statues' KEN FOLLETT 'Intelligent, balanced and accessible' CHRIS GOSDEN Where did they come from? How did they get there? Why did they carve the island's colossal iconic statues - and how? What happened to the civilisation they created? These are just a few of the questions about Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, that have puzzled generations. Europeans first encountered the Islanders in the early eighteenth century, bringing back astonishing tales from one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. They told fantastic stories of lost continents, cannibalism, giants and aliens. Thor Heyerdahl claimed that the island was discovered by pale-skinned sailors from South America, ignoring the rightful claims of the greatest explorers the world has ever known. Recently, the idea that Islanders cut down all the trees, causing mass starvation and social collapse, has been espoused by scientists, broadcasters and politicians. Now, in archaeologist Mike Pitts's superb investigation, Island at the Edge of the World, he provides authoritative new insights into what really happened. Using the latest scientific and archaeological research, plus a huge range of historical accounts, Pitts builds a fascinating new portrait of the Islanders' story. In particular, Pitts revives the life work of Katherine Routledge, who spent sixteen months on the island in 1914-15, surviving revolution and war, assembling a priceless but largely ignored archive of excavations and interviews - and whose legacy reveals the rapacious interference that spawned generations of false histories. Many questions still remain, but this is the most compelling and comprehensive account yet published of the extraordinary story of Easter Island.

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Number of Pages:: 384
Release Date:: 2025-09-11
Publication Date:: 2025-09-11
Publisher:: Bloomsbury UK
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1526667258
ISBN13:: 9781526667250
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 640 g
Height:: 162 cm
Width:: 239 cm
Thickness:: 41 cm

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