How long have people lived on Komodo Indonesia?
The first inhabitants of Komodo Indonesia were the ancestors of the present-day Ngada people, who arrived about 3,000 years ago. Komodo was first mentioned by European explorers in 1522, and the island was first charted by the Dutch in 1705.
The first recorded sighting of the Komodo dragon by Westerners was in 1912 by Lieutenant van Steyn van Hensbroek of the Dutch East Indies Army. He shot a juvenile dragon, and the …