Tag: Kon-Tiki

  • 4 days in a row at sea?  Where are the Flat Friends going?

    4 days in a row at sea? Where are the Flat Friends going?

    Our Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Timeline 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European to make recorded contact with the island! Because his ships arrived on Easter Sunday (April 5th), he cleverly (?) named the island “Paasch-Eyland” (Easter Island). He reported seeing great statues standing (Moai) and the inhabitants living their lives. 1774: Famous…