Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island

Category
Discovery
Place
Pacific Islands
Date
1722
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
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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Category
Geography
-3800
2020
Transcultural