Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island

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Discovery

Place

Pacific Islands

Date

1722

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He was 62 when he began his search for Australasia. He was jailed in Batavia by the Dutch East Indies Company for breaking its monopoly. [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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