Ratu Tanoa Visawaqa (drawing by Alfred Thomas Agate, US Exploring Expedition[1])
RatuTanoa Visawaqa (pronounced [βisaːˈɰaːŋɡa]) (died on 8 December 1852) was a Fijian Chieftain who held the title 5th Vunivalu of Bau. With Adi Savusavu, one of his nine wives, he was the father of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, who succeeded in unifying Fiji with the help from British missionaries and the crown into forming the contemporary Fiji today.
^Stanton, William (1975). The Great United States Exploring Expedition. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 192. ISBN 0520025571.
Ratu TanoaVisawaqa (pronounced [βisaːˈɰaːŋɡa]) (died on 8 December 1852) was a Fijian Chieftain who held the title 5th Vunivalu of Bau. With Adi Savusavu...
returning to Bau to re-establish his Father's Ratu TanoaVisawaqa reign. Ratu Epenisa Seru Visawaqa was given the name "Cakobau" meaning destroyer of Bau...
Vunivalu (Warlord or Paramount Chief) of the island of Bau. His father, TanoaVisawaqa, had conquered the Burebasaga Confederacy but never subdued western...
able to become a powerful influence in the region. His father was Ratu TanoaVisawaqa, the Vunivalu (a chiefly title meaning warlord, often translated also...
of Bau. Ratu Mara's father was Ratu Vuibureta (half brother of Ratu TanoaVisawaqa) of Bau, who was the son of Ratu Banuve, Vunivalu of Bau. He was thus...
ceremonies, Wilkes in the 19th century records that when the Vunivalu of Bau TanoaVisawaqa launched a canoe 10 or more men were slaughtered on the deck in order...
(1803-1832), chief of Lasakau and son of Tanoa, for his warrior prowess was bestowed the title Koli-visawaqa I by TanoaVisawaqa, ‘Burner of Boats’, who reigned...
able to become a powerful influence in the region. His father was Ratu TanoaVisawaqa, the Vunivalu (a chiefly title meaning Warlord, often translated also...
proceeded onwards to Ovalau, where they signed a commercial treaty with TanoaVisawaqa in Levuka. Edward Belcher's HMS Starling visited Ovalau at the same...
to unify their islands. One leader who did this was the Fijian chief TanoaVisawaqa who, in the 1840s, used arms purchased from a Swedish mercenary to subdue...
various chiefly households came to a head with the exile of the Vunivalu TanoaVisawaqa in the early 19th century after a series of murders and reprisals. His...
confederacies. Supplied with weapons by Swedish mercenary Charlie Savage, Ratu TanoaVisawaqa, the Vunivalu (a chiefly title meaning Warlord, often translated also...
Reign start Reign end Notes Family Image Seru Epenisa Cakobau c. 1815 – 1 February 1883 (aged c. 67–68) 5 June 1871 10 October 1874 Son of TanoaVisawaqa...
of seniority, were: By Radini Levuka Banuve Baleivavalagi (father of TanoaVisawaqa) By his first wife, Tarau of Totoya Sivoki Uluilakeba I Rasolo Mokoi...
subordinate to the Roko Tui Bau. Power struggles resulted in Vunivalu TanoaVisawaqa undertaking a 17th-century expedition to the interior (Naitasiri) of...
Naulivou. Tanoa on seeing the Vuaniivi war canoes on the beach at Vuna, set fire to them and secured for himself the name TanoaVisawaqa, or Tanoa "The burner...
century cannibal Ulugalala, Alifereti Finau, Tui Nayau (d. 1934) Visawaqa, Ratu Tanoa, Vunivalu of Bau (1800s) Uluilakeba I, successor to Rasolo (q.v.)...
transpired on 3 August that the party president, Ratu Tanoa Cakobau (also known as Ratu TanoaVisawaqa), had attended the coalition gathering and signed the...
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