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Aku-Aku : the secret of Easter Island / Thor Heyerdahl

by Thor Heyerdahl

An account of an archaeological expedition investigating the ancient relationship between the Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island and the indigenous peoples of Peru.

Accession 10902 ISBN 0044401957 Publisher Unwin
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