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On Easter Sunday (April 5) in 1722, Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
Easter Island, Rapa Nui (native) or Isla de Pascua (official Spanish name) is located in the Southern Pacific Ocean 2,200 miles West of the coast of Chile. Annexed by Chile in 1888 as a special territory, the Rapa Nui were given Chilean citizenship in 1966.
Easter Island is the most remote inhabited island in the world, the nearest inhabited neighbor being Pitcairn Island 1,289 miles away. It is a volcanic island with an area of 63 square miles and elevation of 1,663'. 2017 census was 7,750 with 45% identifying as native Rapa Nui.
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Easter Island - Wikipedia
303 & 309 Boone & Crockett Combo in Green Paperstone. Documented on the 2009 Special Projects List with a build quantity of 2,500. You would think with that many it would be an easy find but not for me, I looked for years. Craig Sly (
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