3 June 1769
Transit of Venus Expedition
Cook's expedition observes the transit of Venus from Tahiti as part of an international effort to determine the astronomical unit.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tahiti in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Cook's expedition observes the transit of Venus from Tahiti as part of an international effort to determine the astronomical unit.
Green makes timed observations of the Venus transit from Tahiti during Cook's scientific expedition.
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