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Re: Point Venus, May 1774
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2007 Apr 25, 17:50 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2007 Apr 25, 17:50 -0700
Gary replied: I've been there too. gl On Apr 25, 3:39 pm, Alexandre E Eremenkowrote: > Thanks. > Here is the link to the images of Cook's > death place in Hawaii:http://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/cook/ > > Alex > > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 glap...@PACBELL.NET wrote: > > > > > Here is a link to an image of the monument. > > >http://star.arm.ac.uk/venustransit/exhibit/fig15.jpg > > > 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---