Tamatoa IV
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Tamatoa IV, also known as Moe'ore Teri'itinorua Teari'inohora'i, was the King of Ra'iātea and Taha'a from 1831 until his death in 1857. He played a significant role in the sociopolitical history of th
Tamatoa, by H. B. Martin
Franco-Tahitian War
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The Franco-Tahitian War or French–Tahitian War was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Tahiti and its allies in the South Pacific archipelago of the Society Islands in modern-d
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…Tahiti, who had been completely stripped of her territory's internal sovereignty by French Rear Admiral Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars. This act led to the Franco-Tahitian War. Tamatoa IV, Teriitaria II, and Teariimaevarua had to endure the attempts to establish a French protectorate in the Leeward Islands and support Queen…
Capture of Fort Fautahua in Tahiti, 17 December 1846 Sébastien Charles Giraud, 1857
Pomare, Queen of Tahiti, the Persecuted Christian Surrounded by Her Family at the Afflictive Moment when the French Forces Were Landing, painting by LMS artist George Baxter, 1845.