RAPANUI the People of EASTER ISLAND

Résumé du livre

The people of Easter Island, Rapanui, lived in relative peace. People fished and farmed on the isolated island for hundreds of years. Their beliefs created stone carvers to make statues of their ancestors to protect the families and villages of the island. Then on April 5, 1722, first contact with an outside people was made. Within a few ears, the Rapanui were thrown into chaos, distruction and survival.

Award-winning author, Denis O'Leary presents the history of the people who lived in the navel of the Earth, Easter Island.