Oc,G.T.1717, Mana Expedition to Easter Island, British Museum

Lantern Slide (black and white) of an engraving; plan of two adjacent stone houses, associated with Orongo(?), Easter Island. Context: The oringal sketch/engraving is associated with La Perouse expedition to Easter Island in 1785. Routledge would have used these illustrations as guidlines in her research of Easter Island.Original published in: Author: Bernizet, Sebastien; La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788. Date: 1797 "Details geometriques, des monumens de l'Ile de Paque. Dessine par Bernizet. Grave par Hulk. L. Aubert, scripsit. Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse", no. 12. (Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797).Inscription on original engraving: Fig 1 Plan D'une Case en pierre