Langdon, Robert Adrian, 1924-2003 : Correspondence re his books The Lost Caravel and The Lost Caravel Re-explored

Langdon's book, The Lost Caravel, was published in June 1975 by Pacific Publications. The book puts forward the theory that the crew of a Spanish ship, the caravel San Lesmes, lost in the eastern South Pacific in 1526, played a prominent role in the prehistory of several Polynesian Islands including the Tuamotu Archipelago, Society Islands, Austral Islands, Easter Island and New Zealand. The San Lesmes was one of the ships of the expedition of Garcia Jofre de Loaia. The Lost Caravel Re-explored gathers his evidence in support of the presence of European castaways in the pre-Cook Pacific. His research and correspondence relating to these publications is arranged alaphbetically by correspondent

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