they called easter island easter island because they encountered it on easter sunday.
they called easter island easter island because they encountered it on easter sunday.
why do they call easter island easter island?
encountered it on easter sunday
the name "easter island" was given by the island's first recorded european visitor, the dutch explorer jacob roggeveen, who encountered it on easter sunday (5 april) in 1722, while searching for "davis land". roggeveen named it "paasch-eyland" (18th-century dutch for "easter island"). the island's official spanish name, "isla de pascua", also means "easter island".
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easter island (, ) is a chilean island in the southeastern pacific ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the polynesian triangle in oceania. easter island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called "moai", created by the early rapa nui people. in 1995, unesco named easter island a world heritage site, with much of the island protected within rapa nui national park.
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