Who colonies the Easter island and when?

The Dutch named the island Paaseiland (Easter Island) to commemorate the day they arrived. In 1770, the Spanish viceroy of Peru sent an expedition to the island; the explorers spent four days ashore and estimated a native population of some 3,000 people

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the decreasing neutrality of the u. s. in world war i

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