Polynesian contact with the Americas has been discussed on HN before [1]<p>The article is talking about Rapa Nui, or Easter Island [2]. The article also talks about ecological collapse on the island; one of the books that promoted this is Jared Diamond's Collapse [3].<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23771756">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23771756</a><p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island#" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island#</a><p>[3] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose_to_Fail_or_Succeed" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose...</a>