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	Encyclopedia: Easter Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		European contact with the island began in 1722 on Easter Sunday when Dutch navigator Jakob Roggeveen found about 2,000-3,000 inhabitants on the island, although the population may have been as high as 10,000-15,000 only a century or two earlier.
		Jakob Roggeveen reported that Easter Island was exceptionally fertile, producing large quantities of bananas, potatoes and thick sugar-cane.
		The most widely-accepted theory is that the statues were carved by the ancestors of the modern Polynesian inhabitants (Rapanui) at a time when the island was largely planted with trees and resources were plentiful, supporting a population of 10,000-15,000 native Rapanui.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Easter-Island (4912 words)

	Easter Island -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The European discovery of the island, by the (The West Germanic language of the Netherlands) Dutch navigator (additional info and facts about Jakob Roggeveen) Jakob Roggeveen, occurred in 1722 on (The day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated) Easter Sunday.
		Roggeveen found about 2,000-3,000 inhabitants on the island, but it appears that there were as many as 10,000-15,000 of them in the 16th and 17th centuries.
		The most common theory is that the statues were carved by the Polynesian inhabitants ((additional info and facts about Rapanui) Rapanui) at a time when the island was largely planted with trees and resources were plentiful, supporting a population of 10,000-15,000 native Rapanui.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/easter_island.htm (1483 words)

	IDENTITY
		The isolation was complete until Easter Sunday, 1722, when three Dutch ships under the command of Capt. Jakob Roggeveen arrived at Rapa Nui, putting it on the map with a Christian name.
		Before 1965, there were no airline flights, and supply ships came only once or twice a year.
		1722: On Easter Sunday, Dutch Adm. Jakob Roggeveen arrives at Rapa Nui, bestowing a Christian name on the island.
	www.netaxs.com /~trance/identity.html (2397 words)

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