Gonschor, Lorenz (2022) Le projet d’ordre royal de Pomare V, ou la souveraineté en suspens : Un siècle avant l’ordre de Tahiti Nui, il y avait déjà une tentative d’établir un ordre honorifique local avec l’accord de la France, dans un contexte de renouement océanien. Bulletin de la Société des Etudes Océaniennes, 358 . pp. 5-37. ISSN 0373-8957
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Abstract
On 10 November,1887, former King PomareV of Tahiti addressed a bilingual letter in Tahitian and French to the French Minister of the Navy and Colonies in Paris, asking for permission to establish a Tahitian royal order of merit. An accompanying note from Théodore Lacascade, the Caribbean-born governor of the French Settlements in Oceania, elaborated that the main reason for the Tahitian king to create this order was an anticipated visit by the King of the Hawaiian Islands to Tahiti, while the direct model for the order was to be the Royal Order of Cambodia, a South EastAsian kingdom then French protectorate. Based on archival documents relating to the planned Tahitian Royal Order, this article explores the agency of Polynesian rulers in articulating their claims to sovereignty and their mutual solidarity through the use oforders and decorations, within the complex networks of imperialism, colonialism and state sovereignty of the late 19th century while also considering the unique position of the Hawaiian Kingdom within these networks.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals D History General and Old World > DU Oceania (South Seas) J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Divisions: | School of Law and Social Sciences (SoLaSS) |
| Depositing User: | Lorenz Gonschor |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2024 01:58 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2024 01:58 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14269 |
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