Rapanui Interpretation of Written Numerals by the Spanish in 1770

Abstract

Two works discussing the presumed numeration of Easter Island as collected in the Journal of Capitan Francisco Antonio Aguera Infazon of the Spanish frigate Santa Rosalia in 1770 have recently been published by the Russian researchers Fedorova and Rjabchikov. Both authors, as other researchers in the past, continue to make errors in the transcription of some of the numbers. The numeration of Fedorova contains only one error (congoju) and I am able to say that this work is one of the finest with regard to this subject.