IDNO

T.148701.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 10 Tahiti. 1 -19. 35mm. Koda
The rest of 10 is Fiji - see card.
7. Matavai Bay and Point Venus from One Tree Hill." [Poignant's manuscript]

Elevated view from One Tree Hill of Matavai Bay and Point Venus, the site from which Captain James Cook watched the 1769 Transit of Venus. [JD 22/06/2021]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Society Islands; Tahiti; Matavai Bay; Point Venus; One Tree Hill

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre March 1969

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.148696.RPT - T.152693.RPT were located in the drawer file of transparency sheets, numbered C1021/.

T.148696.RPT - T.148719.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/1.

Place: Point Venus is a peninsula on the north coast of Tahiti, and is where Captain James Cook anchored to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus from the South Pacific. Cook anchored in Matavai Bay on 12 April 1769 and established an observatory, and a fortified camp called "Fort Venus", at Te Auroa, which they named "Point Venus". [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Venus, CO 22/06/2021]