# Routledge 1919: The Mystery of Easter Island: The Story of an Expedition

> Katherine (Mrs. Scoresby Routledge) Routledge, 1919. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first systematic field survey, and the first to argue…

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# The Mystery of Easter Island: The Story of an Expedition

Katherine (Mrs. Scoresby Routledge) Routledge, 1919. _Printed for the author by Hazell, Watson and Viney, London; sold by Sifton, Praed & Co._.

Katherine Routledge's account of the Mana expedition, on the island from 29 March 1914 to 18 August 1915: the survey of statues, ahu and the Rano Raraku quarry, and oral tradition recorded from the last generation who remembered the bird cult. She concludes that the islanders are related by blood to the statue makers.

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## What it's used for here

The first systematic field survey, and the first to argue that the statue makers were the islanders' own ancestors.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Katherine and William Scoresby Routledge's Mana expedition works on the island](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/events/EVT0CTG31AG1YCD/katherine-and-william-scoresby-routledges-mana-expedition)

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## Cite it

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Routledge, K. (. S. R. (1919). The Mystery of Easter Island: The Story of an Expedition. Printed for the author by Hazell, Watson and Viney, London; sold by Sifton, Praed & Co.. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69807
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