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    Re: Point Venus, May 1774
    From: Gary LaPook
    Date: 2007 Apr 25, 13:59 -0700

    Gary wrote:
    
    It's a very flat area maybe about half a mile in size or a little
    smaller, just up from the beach. The land is probably only about 3 or
    4 feet above sea level.  to the south  a couple of miles is where the
    mountains start.
    
    Here is a link to a map of Tahiti:
    
    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/pacific_islands_1943_1945/tahiti_physical.jpg
    
    
    Her is link to the map collection:
    
    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/pacific_islands_1943_1945.html
    
    
    On Apr 25, 11:28 am, Alexandre E Eremenko 
    wrote:
    > Gary,
    >
    > > I don't know what happened there in May, 1774 but I do know what
    > > happened there on July 11, 2005, I sat there with my sailing crew
    > > drinking Hinano beer! The area is a park now with a lighthouse and a
    > > commemorative plaque to the 1769 expedition.
    >
    > Perhaps you have a picture of the place,
    > or remember what is the approximate height above sea level
    > of the place where the observatory stood?
    > Is it flat, or there is a cliff?
    >
    > Alex.
    
    
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