Easter Island, Rapa Nui aged Facts and suppositions: Discovering the Points Contributor(s): Parry, Sheun (Author) |
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ISBN: 1912483424 ISBN-13: 9781912483426 Publisher: Global Print Digital OUR PRICE: $27.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Prehistoric & Primitive - Travel | South America - Chile & Easter Island - Biography & Autobiography | Environmentalists & Naturalists |
Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5" W x 8" (0.29 lbs) 114 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Prehistoric |
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Publisher Description: Easter Island, Rapa Nui aged Facts and suppositions. Discovering the Points. Hundreds of years ago, a small group of Polynesians rowed their wooden outrigger canoes across vast stretches of open sea, navigating by the evening stars and the day's ocean swells. When and why these people left their native land remains a mystery. But what is clear is that they made a small, uninhabited island with rolling hills and a lush carpet of palm trees their new home, eventually naming their 63 square miles of paradise Rapa Nui now popularly known as Easter Island. On this outpost nearly 2,300 miles west of South America and 1,100 miles from the nearest island, the newcomers chiseled away at volcanic stone, carving moai, monolithic statues built to honor their ancestors. They moved the mammoth blocks of stone on average 13 feet tall and 14 tons to different ceremonial structures around the island, a feat that required several days and many men. |