IDNO

T.148718.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 10 Tahiti. 35mm. Koda
27." [Poignant's manuscript]

Stone memorialising Captain Cook at Point Venus in Mahina, Matavai Bay, Tahiti. Cook anchored in here 1769 in order to observe the transit of Venus.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Society Islands; Tahiti; Point Venus; Mahina

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Captain James Cook

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]