T H E C O LL A P S ET HE MY ST E RY PA S T O F T HE RA PA NU I

E A S T E R I S L A N D T O DAYT H E R E WA S L O T S O F T R E E R O O T S A S E V I D E N C E O F I T S E X I S T E N C E

E A S T E R I S L A N D B E FOR E

T H E R E WE R E M I L L I O N O F PA LM T R E E

Jacob Roggeveen,

1722The Dutch named the island Paaseiland (Easter Island) to commemorate the day they arrived. The estimation of native

population of some 3,000 people.

Sir James Cook, 1774

the British navigator Sir James Cook arrived to find Easter Island’s population decimated by what seemed to have been

a civil war, with only 600 to 700 men and fewer than 30 women remaining.

J EA N - FRAN C O I S DE GA L A UP

“On 1877, the population was down to just 111.”

H O W ?HO W D ID T HE Y D IE ? A ND HO W D I D T HE Y SU RV I V E?

M OA I M OV IN GT HE DE FO R E S TAT I ON

MOAI MOVINGAs the competition goes, people started cutting down every trees to

compete and what they believe in

Deforestation for Agriculture

Canoe, fire, houses

No RainThe land grows less fertilized till no plans

was able to grow

T H E A N I M A LS B R O UG H T EXT I N C T I O N

SE A B I R DS , MA R IN ES , A ND RAT S

CIVIC WAR, SLAVERY, canibalism, AND DISEASE