Re: tupas on Easter Island

Eric Stevens wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:06:07 GMT, Seppo Renfors <Renfors@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Eric Stevens wrote:
> >>
> >> On 28 Aug 2005 16:18:16 -0700, "Duncan" <dunkers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Ahhh. So the Spanish introduced Polynesian words into Quechua
> >> >dictionaries. That explains how the Hawaiian word for knot (kipu'u)
> >> >became the Quechua word for knot (quipu). I was unaware that the
> >> >Spanish were in the Hawaiian islands.
> >> >
> >> I can't say that they were there but there is evidence they were in
> >> New Zealand early in the 16th century, long before that country was
> >> supposedly found by Europeans.
> >
> >Could have been the Dutch too.... Dutchman Willem Jansz and his ship
> >Duyfken explore the western coast of Cape York Peninsula in 1606, The
> >Spaniard Luis Vaez De Torres sailed through Torres Strait that same
> >year - north of Australia.
> >
> >But I'm curious about one thing - why do you not consider the Spanish
> >as "Europeans"?
>
> Who said I don't?
>
> Eric Stevens

Look out, Eric! He's got a dictionary, and he thinks he knows how to use
it!
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