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Keywords: Venus Fort.jpg This is an image of a print entitled Venus Fort Erected by the Endeavour's People to secure themselves during the Observation of the Transit of Venus at Otaheite by Sydney Parkinson It was taken from the National Library of Australia website http //southseas nla gov au/journals/parkinson/039 html here where it is Plate IV in an online reproduction of Sydney Parkinson's expedition journal A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty's Ship the Endeavour first published posthumously in 1773 ~ 1769 Sydney Parkinson It is in the public domain worldwide PD-Art Tahiti Sydney Parkinson
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