Juan Edmunds Rapahango

Juan Edmunds Rapahango (born 1923) is a retired Rapa Nui politician, the former Mayor of Hanga Roa, the municipality of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), in Chilean Polynesia. He is the son of Henry Percy Edmunds, director of the Williamson-Balfour Company, and Victoria Rapahango, an important native respondent for early ethnologists visiting the island. He is the father of the current mayor, Petero Edmunds Paoa. As mayor, Edmunds Rapahango promoted tourism to the island and helped to develop the island's infrastructure. He collaborated closely with William Mulloy and supported the American archaeologist's restoration projects. Edmunds Rapahango saw that Rapa Nui archaeology would play an important role the future of the island's economy.

External links

* [http://www.museorapanui.cl/Biblioteca/index.php William Mulloy Library]
* [http://www.museorapanui.cl/Inicio Father Sebastian Englert Anthropology Museum]
* [http://www.islandheritage.org/ Easter Island Foundation]
* [http://www.mapsouthpacific.com/easter_island/index.html Map of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)]
* [http://www.apj.co.uk/rapanui/easter-island-fact-sheet.asp Rapa Nui Fact Sheet with Photographs]
* [http://www.ianandwendy.com/OtherTrips/SouthPacific/Easter-Island/index.htm Rapa Nui Photo Gallery]
* [http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/easter/index.php The Statues and Rock Art of Rapa Nui]