After this, no other European contact was made for more than 200 years.
They were still using stone technology at first European contact.
At the time of European contact in the 17th century, they were believed to number several thousand people.
They were the major inhabitants at the time of European contact.
Early European contact was in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The term was already widespread at the time of European contact.
The present article will concentrate on the period of European contact and after.
Between 1602 and 1769 there was no recorded European contact with the island.
In fact, before European contact, the population ranged from 200,000 to 1,000,000 people.
European contact has brought loans from a number of sources.