Rapa Nui Easter Island Paasch Eyland Rano Kau

Discovery of Easter Island

On April 5, 1722, Jakob Roggeveen wrote in the logbook, "We named the land Easter Island because it was discovered by us on Easter Day."
 
300 years ago - the Dutchman Jacob Roggeveen and his crew "discovered" this island, and because it was Easter Sunday, he named it "Paasch-Eyland", meaning Easter Island.
 
In German, people often speak of Easter Island, but it is only one. Of course, the island already had a name, namely "Te Pito o te Henua", which translates as the navel of the world. Today the island is called Rapa Nui, like its indigenous inhabitants and also their language.
 
In the foreground of this impressive shot you can see the volcano Rano Kau, whose crater has a diameter of 1.6 kilometers.
 
163 square kilometers measures this island and is probably the most isolated inhabited place on earth. And this is where our cosmetics brand Anakena was born.
 
Te Pito Kura Easter Island Rapa Nui

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