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It is one of the most isolated islands in the world but 1200 years ago a double-hulled canoe filled with seafarers from a distant culture landed upon its shores. Over the centuries that followed a remarkable society developed in isolation on the island. For reasons still unknown they began carving giant statues out of volcanic rock. These monuments, known, as "moai" are some of the most incredible ancient relics ever discovered. The people of Easter Island called themselves ...

AN ISLAND OF MYSTERIES They stand starkly, over 600 of them, with their backs to the ocean, on one of the world's loneliest islands. Wherever you stand on that island, it's possible to see at least one of them. Spectacular in appearance, they reach heights of seven feet to 70 feet with the average 12 feet to 25 feet. Estimates place their weights at around 40 to 60 tons. These colossal, humanlike structures were built by prehistoric people. They have been photographed and studied by scientis ...

Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money Chile HISTORY About 10,000 years ago, migrating Indians settled in fertile valleys and along the coast of what is now Chile. The Incas briefly extended their empire into what is now northern Chile, but the area's remoteness prevented extensive settlement. In 1541, the Spanish, under Pedro de Valdivia, en ...

History of Chile The first European to visit what is now Chile was the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who landed at Chiloé Island following his voyage, in 1520, through the strait that now bears his name. The region was then known to its native population as Tchili, a Native American word meaning "snow." At the same time of Magellan's visit, most of Chile south of the Rapel River was dominated by the Araucanians, a Native American tribe remarkable for its fighting ability. The t ...

Leaders of Chile (Republic of Chile) [To the list of countries] [To the ZPC Homepage] (Active names link to their correspondant biography at the CIDOB website) Parties: FP: Popular Front; APL: Popular Liberating Alliance; PC: Conservative Party; PDC: Christian Democratic Party; PS: Socialist Party; CPPD: Concertation of Parties for Democracy (coalition) Heads of State Presidents of the Republic Juan Antonio Ríos Morales 2 Apr 1942 - 27 Jun 1946 (+) [picture] F ...