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Re: Point Venus, May 1774
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2007 Apr 25, 18:39 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2007 Apr 25, 18:39 -0400
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 glapook@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---