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Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Various Names of the Island

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Previous to the general recognition of the name bestowed by Admiral Roggeveen in commemoration of the day upon which the land was discovered, it had not been regularly christened by either of the earlier navigators who claimed to have sighted it. The Spaniards afterwards gave it the name of San Carlos, but the Dutchman's title of Easter Island was preferred by the chart-makers and was adopted by the world in general. The island is known to the natives as "Te Pito te Henua," the literal…

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