This island's "moral state" was the subject of a pamphlet published in the South African Christian Recorder by Robert FitzRoy and Charles Darwin, who applauded the work of missionaries on this island during a stopover on the Beagle voyage.
The French priests Laval and Caret were expelled from this island, where the London missionary George Pritchard controversially pulled down a flag to symbolize objection to the French presence. This island's "moral state" was the subject of a pamphlet published in the South African Christian Recorder by Robert FitzRoy and Charles Darwin, who applauded the work of missionaries on this island during a stopover on the Beagle voyage. In 1769 Charles Green observed the (*) transit of Venus from this island as part of the Endeavour expedition, which employed Tupaia, an indigenous nobleman from this island, as a guide to the vast expanses of the Pacific. For 10 points, what island colonized by France in the 1840s is now the most populous in French Polynesia?
The French priests Laval and Caret were expelled from this island, where the London missionary George Pritchard controversially pulled down a flag to symbolize objection to the French presence.
Tahiti (accept The Moral State of Tahiti)