Rapa Nui from Easter Island succesfully settle the Galapágos Islands and the Juan Fernandez Islands, what happens? How does contact between the Native Americans of mainland South America and the Polynesians go? What happens when Europeans arrive? What are the Galapagos and Juan Fernandez Polynesians like? How will the very likely Polynesian introduction of chickens affect the Americas?
The unique wildlife of these archipelagos would quickly dissapear, like those of other islands settled by Polynesians (or anywhere humans settled really). The Galapagos tortoise would probably be among the first animals to dissapear.
The Galapagos are quite arid and would probably be sparsely populated, the Juan Fernández would be more densely populated but the lack of much land that isn't mountainous and the cooler climate for Polynesian crops would be big problems.
The unique wildlife of these archipelagos would quickly dissapear, like those of other islands settled by Polynesians (or anywhere humans settled really). The Galapagos tortoise would probably be among the first animals to dissapear.
The Galapagos are quite arid and would probably be sparsely populated, the Juan Fernández would be more densely populated but the lack of much land that isn't mountainous and the cooler climate for Polynesian crops would be big problems.