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This fascinating book provides a firsthand account of life in Tahiti in the early 19th century, based on the experiences of George Pritchard, a British consul who lived and worked on the island. The book focuses in particular on Pomare, the powerful queen of Tahiti, and her efforts to maintain a measure of autonomy and independence in the face of European colonization. Pritchard's observations of Tahitian culture and society are detailed and insightful, and provide a valuable window into a critical period in Polynesian history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public do...
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Letter in Tahitian from Queen Pomare to Admiral Richard Thomas with a translation by the British Consul George Pritchard and two Baxter colour-print portraits of Queen Pomare and George Pritchard.
Queen Pomare IV and the French and English in Tahiti in the 19th century, including the history of the influence of the missisonary George Pritchard on Tahitian affairs.
This historical narrative outlines the events connected with the 1843 French overthrow of ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua (Oueen Pōmare IV) of Tahiti, who became ruler when 14 years old, after the death of her brother Pōmare III. In 1843, France declared Tahiti a French protectorate and installed a governor at Papeete. Queen Pomare fought in vain against French intervention, ending in the bloody French-Tahitian War of 1843 to 1847. Readers will be intrigued in the history of Polynesia, the royal Pomare family, and the underhanded negotiations leading to the subjection of Queen Pomare IV and Polynesia becoming French.