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An island off the coast of this modern-day country was where the HMS Wager shipwrecked, as described in a 2023 David Grann book about its subsequent (-5[1])mutiny. In this country, indigenous groups like the Chono and Kawésqar spent most of their time in large canoes containing permanent fires. Thomas Cochrane left Britain in disgrace to command this country’s (15[1])navy, where he led an expedition to take a colonial fort founded by Pedro de (*) Valdivia. Alexander Selkirk (10[1])allegedly inspired Robinson Crusoe by spending four years as a castaway on this (10[1])country’s Juan Fernandez (10[1])Islands. In 1888, this country annexed an island whose indigenous people created the rongorongo glyph system and moai statues. For 10 points, what South American country (10[1])administers Easter Island? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Republic of Chile [accept the General Captaincy of Chile, Governorate of Chile, or Kingdom of Chile]
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