Whether the first settlers on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) arrived in 500, 900 or 1200 A.D. is open to debate, but one thing is for certain: they had travelled a very long way. The nearest human habitation lies 2200 kilometres to the west on the island of Pitcairn, which to- day is home to the descendents of mu- tineers from the ill-fated British navy ship the Bounty. What‘s more, Chile – Rapa Nui‘s mother country – is situated 3000 kilometr

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