Easter Island

Here is information about Easter Island history. Read about Rapa Nui Easter Island facts.

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Easter island history is a mystery in itself. The inhabitants of the Easter Island were called by the name of Rapa Nui and owing to this reason; this island is sometimes also addressed as Rapa Nui Easter Island. Most of the people are ignorant about Easter Island information.

Here are some Rapa Nui Easter Island facts:

This isolated Island of the world; Easter Island is approximately 65 square miles large.
This remote island of volcanic origin is located on the Pacific Ocean.
It was discovered by an explorer called Jacob Roggeveen in the year 1722, on the 5th of April and when he reached the location, he spotted about 200 giant statues along the coast. They were huge sized, about 82 tons in size. But apart from these statues, there were other such 700 giant statues that were located at a distant level.
People residing on this island had no means of transport for crossing the sea.
When the island was spotted, its explorer found it to be a completely barren island with no plants on it.
But amazingly when the Polynesians reached this isolated island in around 400 to 700 A.D, the scene had completely changed. It was no more a barren land and in fact, they found densely covered palm forests over there. Hauhau trees could also be spotted.
Seabirds found on the island included albatross and boobies.
For the Nonvegetarian diet, the ancient inhabitants of the island ate the porpoise meat.