Captain Cook travels to Tahiti to determine distance from Venus to Earth

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Category
Discovery
Place
Pacific Islands
Date
1769
Reference
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Captain Cook sailed on the Endeavour to observe the path of the planet Venus across the sun. [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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Sciences
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2020
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