by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Oct 25, 2019 | History
Let history remain history The first Europeans who came into contact with Te Pito te Henua were three Dutch ships commanded by Jacob Roggeveen on April 5, 1722, the date of Easter. This originated the name with which this unknown island was baptized that had not been...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Oct 25, 2019 | History
The wreck of “El Dorado” On the morning of Wednesday, June 11, 1913, the small American steam schooner “El Dorado” of the Sanders & Drinkwater shipping company had been sailing along the west coast of America for two months, not realizing that the Humboldt current...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Oct 25, 2019 | History
ORO MATUA Sebastián Englert Priest of Rapa Nui Sebastián Englert, a Capuchin priest and researcher of the Rapanui culture, lived on Easter Island from 1935 until 1969, shortly before his death. The fourth of 17 children in the Bavarian Englert family in the village of...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Oct 24, 2019 | History
Vaitea Vaitea is the name given to the area in the center of the Island where there is abundant water coming from the Rano Aroi volcano. Each trip by road to Anakena Beach crosses through the forests of Vaitea, mostly eucalyptus trees, where Islanders will stop to...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Sep 28, 2019 | History
American satellites tracked in Rapa Nui It was the year 1966. A US Air Force base with 120 men under the command of Colonel John Ashley was installed on Rapa Nui with the name of Ionosphere Research Center ITT, which was authorized by the then Chilean president,...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Sep 26, 2019 | History
French Expedition of 1872 Pierre Loti dibujó y registró en sus cuadernos de guardiamarina sus impresiones, datos de la población y paisajes, logrando llevar a Francia un testimonio real de la cultura Rara Nui. Pierre Loti drew in his midshipman notebook impressions,...
