Lighthouse, Point Venus, Tahiti, Society Islands
Lighthouse at Point Venus, built 1868, at Matavai Bay on the North coast of the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. On Captain James Cook's first visit to the South Pacific in Endeavour in 1769, an objective was to observe the Transit of Venus, which he did from Fort Venus at Point Venus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13439017
Media ID
45138362
Size
4724px x 7087px
(11.3MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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