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Savage Islandbook chapter 1902 • Thomson, Basil Home
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This source is a somewhat informal account of the author's role in negotiating the treaty to make Tonga a British protectorate in 1900. As a former minister in the Tongan government, Thomson was returned to try to induce the new king to sign the trea...