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Jacob Roggeveen (1 February 1659 – 31 January 1729) was a Dutch explorer who was sent to find Terra Australis and Davis Land, [1] but instead found Easter Island (called so because he landed there on Easter Sunday). Jacob Roggeveen also found Bora Bora and Maupiti of the Society Islands, as well as Samoa. He planned the expedition along with ...
The name "Easter Island" was given by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday (5 April [40]) 1722, while searching for Davis or David's island. Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (18th century Dutch for "Easter Island"). [41]
On Easter Sunday, April 5th, 1722, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen stumbled on what today is known to those in the Anglosphere as Easter Island. While he and his men saw that the island was populated, they were unsure how those people arrived there as they saw no seaworthy boats, and the island was 2500 km away from peopled lands.
Easter Island's long isolation was ended on Easter Sunday, 1722, when a Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, discovered the island. He named it for the Holy day. The Dutch were amazed by the great statues, which they thought were made from clay. [62] [63] A Spanish Captain, Don Felipe Gonzales, was the next to land at Easter Island, in 1770.
The name "Easter Island" was given by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday (April 5) in 1722, while searching for "Davis Land". [10] Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (18th-century Dutch for "Easter Island").
1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island. Excavations. Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. 1722: Easter Island. Finds
The 21-year-old Carl Friedrich enlisted in 1721 and set sail on August 1 of that year as a crew member of the sea voyage led by Jacob Roggeveen, with three ships and 244 soldiers and sailors. It was a project of the Dutch West India Company with the aim of exploring trade opportunities in the so-called "Southern Land." It was suspected that a ...
Pages in category "17th-century Dutch explorers" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. ... Jacob Roggeveen; Dierick Ruiters; Jan van Ryen; S.