St. Helena

[Ted Samsel]

Lost in Hokielandia sez:
> 
> I am interested as well... especially the reference to "refreshing water".
> Considering that
> people lived on Easter Island, the further place away from a mainland, why
> would there
> be NO native inhabitants on an island which has fresh water, and therefore
> the ability
> to support life?

1. Look at the difference between the island chains in the Pacific
and in the S Atlantic. Lot's of -nesias in the Pacific and the only
island in the S Atlantic tend to be mid-oceanic volcanic seamounts
along the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

2. And since the Pacific cultures spread from the SE Asian littoral,
they had ample time to develop technologies that would get them from
point A to point B.
You expect them to go trans-oceanic from the word go?

(this is what happens when they quit teaching geography in the schools!)
aargh!

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net