How did Easter Island become part of the Insular Chile?

Please refer to my other answer here: Marco Antonio Muñoz's answer to How did Chile get Easter Island? read more

Easter Island is considered part of Insular Chile. History Estimated dates of initial settlement of Easter Island have ranged from 300 to 1200 AD, approximately coinciding with the arrival of the first settlers in Hawaii. read more

I’d like to dovetail on this question by harkening back to the arrival of some of the continent’s indigenous, the Mapuche (People of the Earth), who are of Polynesian descent, perhaps close relatives to the original inhabitants of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, which was incorporated into the Valparaiso Region of Chile in September of 1888. read more

Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. Easter Island is most famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people. read more