Rapa Nui

By 23cguilfoyle
  • 75,000 BCE

    3 volcanoes converged to form Rapa Nui

  • 400 BCE

    Polynesians discovered Rapa Nui

    Civilization began
  • Period: 1250 to 1500

    Construction of Moai

  • Period: 1550 to

    Highest population levels

  • Dutch explorer arrived in Rapa Nui

    Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutch explorer, stumbled upon Rapa Nui. He decided to call it Easter Island, after the day that he discovered it.

  • Captain Cook visits Rapa Nui

  • A Tahitian visitor names Rapa Nui

    The name 'Rapa Nui was chosen because it reminded the visitor of the Tahitian island of “Rapa,” but was bigger – “Nui.”'