In Oceania, France obtained a leading position as imperial power after making Tahiti and New Caledonia protectorates in 1842 and 1853, respectively.Bernard Eccleston, Michael Dawson. 1998. The Asia-Pacific Profile. Routledge. p. 250. After navy visits to Easter Island in 1875 and 1887, Chilean navy officer Policarpo Toro negotiated the incorporation of the island into Chile with native Rapanui in 1888. By occupying Easter Island, Chile joined the imperial nations.William Sater, Chile and the United States: Empires in Conflict, 1990 by the University of Georgia Press, By 1900 nearly all Pacific islands were in control of Britain, France, United States, Germany, Japan, and Chile.
In Oceania, France obtained a leading position as imperial power after making Tahiti and New Caledonia protectorates in 1842 and 1853, respectively.Bernard Eccleston, Michael Dawson. 1998. The As?ia-Pacific Profile. Routledge. p. 250. After navy visits to Easter Island in 1875 and 1887, Chilean navy officer Policarpo Toro negotiated the incorporation of the island into Chile with native Rapanui in 1888. By occupying Easter Island, Chile joined the imperial nations.William Sater, Chile and the United States: Empires in Conflict, 1990 by the University of Georgia Press, By 1900 nearly all Pacific islands were in control of Britain, France, United States, Germany, Japan, and Chile.