How Much Easter Island Is Rapa Nui

In the beginning, Hawaii was unknown to any humans. Polynesians eventually came across its islands, and decided to make it their home. In the early days, each island was ruled by a chief, and many times the islands were in conflict with each other. Centuries like this passed, but then "in 1782, [Queen Lili'uokalani's] cousin Kamehameha set out to conquer and unite the islands". Thirteen years later, in 1795, Kamehameha

The island is a world heritage site in the Southern Ocean, south-east of Tasmania and between Australia and the Antarctica.

As the oldest island in Hawaii, Kauai has a wealth of history. Over the years, it has gone from ancient battlefields to a modern economy. First inhabited around 200 to 600 AD, the original settlers most likely reached Kauai from the Marquesas Islands nearly 2,000 miles away. Since these early immigrants arrived, an estimated 1,000 of the 1,300 species on Kauai have gone extinct. Centuries later, the Tahitians arrived and took over the island from the shorter Marquesans.

In the article by Jared Diamond, many interesting theories are discussed about Easter Island’s history and decline. Diamond makes connections to the environmental challenges we face today and he compares the catastrophe of Easter Island to our current over consumption of natural resources. While this article makes for an interesting read, much of it is offered from a single perspective and little counter evidence is offered. The author writes in a way that could engage a non-academic audience who may not be interested in counter evidence, or proper referencing. The article lacks credibility due to its narrow scope and conversational diction. At the root of this discussion however, is the notion that the Rapa Nui people were

The United States annexes Hawaii in 1900. At first missionaries and whalers were the first americans to settle in hawaii, and then american settlers started growing sugar to

The "discovery" or infiltration of the island of Borinquen (or Puerto Rico as it was later renamed) in 1493 by Spain resulted in the decimation of the native Taino population. With the loss of an immediate source of cheap labor to work the fields for their sugar cane industry, they introduced African culture into the region by importing slaves to replace the Taino field workers. In addition to the introduction of African culture into Puerto Rico voluntary immigration brought

Due to the Hawaiian islands isolation in the middle of the pacific ocean, the surrounding ecosystems and all of its inhabitants

As early as 400 CE the Polynesian people from the Marquesas Islands set sail in their double hulled canoes to find new land because of their poor agriculture. The Polynesians (who were very skilled farmers and fisherman) from the marquesas island were wanting to discover new land so this discovery of the big island in Hawaii was definitely intentional (Hawaii-guide, 2004).Hawaii is famous for a dance called the hula and the musical instrument called the ukulele. The ukulele was used in the dance hula this is still relevant today because lots of people still use this dance and the musical instrument ukulele. Hawaii is approximately 1929km north east of Australia and 3760km north west of the Marquesas islands where the Hawaiian people came from.

The first documented contact between Europe and Hawaii was in 1778 by British explorer Captain James Cooke. Cooke named the islands the Sandwich Islands in honor of his financial sponsor John Montegu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. On his second visit to the islands, Cooke and his men got into a dispute with the natives over a stolen boat and Cooke and four shipmates were killed. The remaining sailors retreated without the boat. Because of Cooke 's discovery, many explorers, traders, and missionaries came to the Hawaiian Islands from Europe and the United States for supplies and it 's convenient location as a stopping point on the way to Asia. The visitors introduced many new diseases to the natives causing the island populations to decrease by approximately fifty percent. Measles killed a fifth of Hawaii’s people in the 1850’s. (history.com)

The island of Hispaniola was founded by Christopher Columbus in 1842 and claimed for Spain. The island was neglected by its mother country due to the lack of minerals on the island. The French

The Arawak Indians of South America were the first people to settle in Jamaica the named the island Xaymaca meaning land of wood and water. Christopher Columbus’ first arrival was in 1494. Christopher Columbus’ son settled in Jamaica in 1509. During Spain’s occupation on the island beginning in 1510 the Arawaks were killed off by disease, war and slavery. Seven short years later the Spaniards brought the first African slaves to Jamaica. The king of Spain deeded the island to Columbus’ family in 1536 until the 1620’s

     The people of Easter Island came over to their new land, and recognized that it was ideal for them to settle. The land was lush; the sea was providing a bounty of fresh fish, and other seafood. The earth was dark brown, and very rich. Everything was just the way it needed to be to support a growing community of people.

What happened to the Rapa Nui or Easter Island people really depends on whose account of their “collapse” one trusts the most. Jared Diamond differs from Carl Lipo and Terry Hunt on what he feels happened to the Rapa Nui civilization. Diamond’s version of their narrative in Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail to Succeed was that the civilization began in 900 AD (Diamond: 89). As soon as humans arrived on the island, they began cutting down trees for agriculture and use of the timber. While timber did help with building, they also used it in a ladder style fashion to move the moai statues.

Although there are no written accounts of Aruba’s early history, much has been determined by archeological excavation. The first known settlers of the island were a tribe of Arawak natives called the Caiquetios. These people were initially located on the South American mainland, and it is assumed that the Caiquetios migrated from Venezuela to Aruba. Due to its lack of natural resources, it can be assumed that Aruba was merely a stopover for a succession of tribes. They were a peaceful people, living under the guidance of a shaman or priest, who also served as the village-chief. The transient nature of Aruba’s population kept the size of the villages small, usually under fifty individuals. The Caiquetios consumed only

Fiji is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, 1,300 miles northeast of new Zealand’s north island in the western hemisphere. The total land area of Fiji is 7045 square miles with 702 of coastline. Fiji consists of 332 islands and 106 of those are inhabited. The two largest islands of Fiji are Vitu Levu and Vanua Levu. Between those two islands, they take up 87% of Fiji’s landmass. The larger islands