Apr 13, 2019
The first Contact with Rapa Nui recorded sighting was in 1722 by three ships of the Dutch West Indian Company under the command of Jacob Roggeveen.
History of Rapa Nui
Apr 12, 2019
In 1876 the people of Rapa Nui were dispersed throughout many of the Polynesian islands with a few more than 100 souls attempting to survive on Easter Island.
Apr 9, 2019
In this legend, the original land of the first settlers of Rapa Nui was Marae Renga which was supposedly located within a vast and distant island territory generically called “Hiva” (loosely translated as, “off there in the distance”).
Apr 5, 2019
The nature and flow of further migrations and the timing of the arrival of the first humans to Rapa Nui remain a mystery.