SITE OF OBSERVATION OF THE TRANSIT

ASTRONOMERS

Venus 1639 : Great Britain

Hoole , Great Britain

H o r r ock s

Manchester , Great Britain

C ra btreee

Venus 1761 : Anonymous observers or Jesuits

Dillingen , Germany

Hauser (Jesuit)

Ingolstadt, Germany

Kraz (Jesuit) and two unknown observers

Madrid, Spain

Benevent , Eximenus

Regensbourg , Germany

?

St Petersburg , Russia

Braun

Tranquebar, Danish Indies (India, nowadays)

Jesuits

Vienna , Austria

Lysogorski , Mastalier , Rain

Wurtzburg , Germany

Hubert

Venus 1761 Germany

Bayreuth, Germany

Grafenhahn

Gottingen , Germany

Mayer T.

Klosterberg , Germany

Silberschlag

Laibach (nowadays Ljubljana, in Slovenia)

Schöttl

Madrid, Spain

Rieger (Jesuit)

Munich, Germany

Brander

Nürnberg, Germany

Kordenbusch

Schwetzingen , Germany

May er C.

Tyr nau (nowadays Trnava, in Slovakia)

Weiss

Vienna , Austria

Hell (Jesuit), Herberth, Liesganig (Jesuit), Müller, Scherffer, Stein-Kellner

Wetzlas , Austria

Von Schlug

Venus   1761 Great Britain

Calcutta, India

Magee

Cape of Good Hope

Maso n and Dixon

Chelsea , Great Britain

Dunn

London , Clerkenwell , Great Britain

Heberden

Constantinople (nowadays Istanbul, Turkey)

Po rter

Greenwich , Great Britain

Bl i ss , Green, Bird

London , Hackney , Great Britain

Ellicot & Dolland

Liskeard , Great Britain

Hay don

London , Saville House , Great Britain

Sh o rt, Bevis and Blair

London, Spit. Square, Great Britain

C anton

Madras, India

Hi rst and Jesuits

St Helena Island

Mas kely ne and Waddington

Shiburn Castle , Great Britain

Phelps

Venus   1761 Denmark

Copenhagen , Denmark

H orrebow

Drontheim , Norway

Bugge & Hascow

Leipzig, Germany

He insio

Venus 1761 United States (British colony)

St John Newfoundland

Wi nth rop

Venus 1761 France

Bayeux, France

O ut hi er

Béziers, France

Clauzade , De Manse

Conflans-sous-Carrière , France

B ailly, La Caille, Turgot de Brucourt

?

Duchoiselle

Isle de France (nowadays Mauritius )

De Seligny

Lyon, France

Béraud

Montpellier, France

Romieu , Roucher-Deratte , Tandon

Paris, collège Louis-Le-Grand, France

Clo uet, Merville (Jesuits)

Paris, école militaire, France

Jeaurat

Paris, hôtel de Cluny, France

Baudouin, Li b our , Mes s i er

Paris, observatoire royal, France

Belléri , Maraldi

Paris, palais du Luxembourg, France

Lalan de

Passy, La Muette, France

De F ouchy , Noël

Bejing , China

Dollier (Jesuit)

Pondichery , India

Le G e ntil

Rodriguez Island ( North Madagascar )

P i n g ré

Rouen, France

B o u in, Dulague

Saint-Hubert, château de, France

La Condamine , Le Monnier

Sens, France

Luy nes, cardinal de

Tobolsk, Siberia

Ch appe d’Aut eroche

Vienna , Austria

Cassini d e Thury

Vincennes, France

Prolange

Venus 1761 Netherlands

Batavia , Dutch Indies (nowadays Jakarta , Indonesia )

Mohr

The Hague , France

Klinkenberg

Leiden , Netherlands

Lul o fs

Middelbourg , Netherlands

de Munck

Venus 1761 Italy

Bologne, Italy

Canterzani , Cassali , Frisi , Marini, Mateucci , Za notti

Florence, Italy

Ximenes (Jesuit)

Paris, observatoire royal, France

Zannoni

Rome, Italy

Audiffredi

Venus 1761 Portugal

Lisboa, Portugal

Ciera

Paris, Ste- Geneviève , France

De Barros

Porto, Portugal

De Alm eida

Venus 1761 Russia

St Petersburg , Russia

Kurganow , Krasilnikow

Seleginsk , Russia

Ru m o v s ky

Venus 1761 Sweden

Abo (nowadays Turku, Finland)

Justan d er & Wallenius

Cajanebourg (nowadays Kajaani , Finland)

Pl a n man

Kalmar, Sweden

Wickström

Karlskrona, Sweden

Bergström , Zegolström

Hernosand , Sweden

Gi st er , Strom

Landskrona , Sweden

Brehmer , Dehn , Landberg

Lund, Sweden

Burmester , Sc henmark

Passy, La Muette, France

F er ner

Stockholm, Sweden

Klinge nstiern a , W ar g entin and Wilken

Tornio , Finland

Hel l ant , La ge r born

Uppsala , Sweden

Berg man, M a llet, Metl a n der , Strö m er

Venus 1769

Venus 1769 : Anonymous and Jesuits

Bützow , Germany

?

Kiel, Germany

Ackermann

Lubeck, Germany

Brashe and two unknown observers

Venus 1769 Germany

Colombes, France

Bernoulli

Greifswald, Germany

M a y er A., Röhl

Venus 1769 Great Britain

Hudson ’s Bay , Canada

Dymond , Wales

Baskenridge, New Jersey, United States

Alexander

Caen, "the Mission", France

Pi gott

Cambridge, Massachussets , United States

Win throp

Cape Lizard , south-west Great Britain

Bradley

Cape North

Ba yl ey

Cavan , Ireland

M a s on

Coudre Island near Québec

Wri ght

Dinapur , India

De g l oss

East Dereham , Norfolk , Great Britain

W ol la s ton

Gibraltar

Jard ine

Glasgow, near the university, Scotland

Wil lia mson, Wils o n A.

Greenwich , London , Great Britain

Dollond, P., D u nn, H i r st, Hit chins, H or sley, Maske ly ne, Nairne

Hammerfest, Norway

Dixon

Hawkhill , Scotland

Alemoor , Hoy, L i nd

Hinkley

Robinson

London , Kew , Great Britain

Bev is

Kirknewton , Scotland

Brice

Leicester , Great Britain

Ludlam

Lewes, Delaware, United States

B a yley

Lewestown , Pennsylvania, United States

Bi ddle

Leyburn , Great Britain

G. G.

London , Austin Friars , Great Britain

Au bert

London , Mid. Temp. , Great Britain

Ho r sfall

London, Spit. Square, Great Britain

Cant on

Newbury, Massachussets , United States

Williams

Norristown, United States

Ritte nhouse , Lukens, S mith

Oxford , Great Britain

Cla re, H or sley, Jackson, Luc as, Ni kitin, Shuk b urgh, Sy kes, Wil liamson

Phesabad

R o se

Philadelphia , United States

Ewing, Pearson, Prior, Shippen, Thomson

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

West

Quebec

Holland

Shiburn Castle , Great Britain

Ba r t lett , H o r n s by, Ma cc le s fi e ld

Tahiti

C o ok, G r een , Solander

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Poole

Windsor Castle , Great Britain

H a rris

Venus 1769 Denmark

Vardö , Norway

Borgrewing , Hell, Sajnovics

Venus 1769 Spain

Agromonte

De Queiros

Cadix, Spain

Tofino

Manila, Spain (nowadays at Philippines)

De Ronas

Mexico City, Mexico

Alzate

Sainte-Anne , California , United States

Velasquez

Saint-Joseph, California, United States

D oz , Medina

Venus 1769 United States (british colony)

Cape Henlopen, Delaware, United States

?

Norriton , Pennsylvania ( Norristown ), United States

Ritte n house

Philadelphia , United States

 ? 

Talbot County, Maryland, United States

Le e ds

Venus 1769 France

Bordeaux, France

Faugère , De la Roque

Brest, France

Blon deau , F ortin, Le Roy, Ve rdun

Caen, the Mission, France

Rochfort

Cape François , St Domingo , France (nowadays the Dominican Republic )

P ingr é , Destourès , Fleuriau , La Filière

Havre de Grace, France (nowadays Le Havre)

Diquemar

Kergars , France

D’Après

Martinique, France

Christophe

Paris, collège Louis-Le-Grand, France

Baudouin, Messier, Turgot, Zannoni

Paris, collège Mazarin, France

La la nde

Paris, Observatoire royal, France

Cassi ni de Thury , Du Séjour, duc d e Chaulnes, Mara ldi

Passy, La Muette, France

Bai lly, De B ory , De F ouch y

Bejing , China

Collas and Dollières (Jesuits)

Pondichery , India

Le G e n til

Rouen, France

Bouin, Dulague

Saint-Hubert, château de, France

Le M o nnier, Chabert

Saint-Joseph, Basse California (nowadays au Mexico)

C h a ppe d’Au ter oche

Saron, château de, France

De Saron

Toulouse, France

D’Arquier , Garipui

Venus 1769 Netherlands

Batavia, Dutch indies (nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia)

M ohr

Venus 1769 Russia

Guriev, Russia (nowadays in Kazakhstan)

Inochodsow , Lowitz

Kola, peninsula, near Mourmansk, Russia

Ochtenski , Rumovsky

Orenbourg, Russia

Krafft

Orsk, Russia

Euler, C.

Ponoi , Russia

Mallet

St Petersburg , Russia

Euler, Lexell , Mayer C., Stahl

Yakoutsk (nowadays Republic of Yakutsk )

Islenieff and an unknown observer

Venus 1769 Sweden

Cajanebourg (nowadays Kajaani , Finland)

Pl a n m an , Uhlwyk

Hernosand , Sweden

Gissler

Lund, Sweden

Nenzelius , Schenmark

Stockholm, Sweden

Ferner , Wargentin , Wilcke

Uppsala , Sweden

Be rgman, Melan der , Sale nius , Str ömer , P ros perin

Wanhalinnaberg, near Turku, Sweden

Gadolin , Justander

Venus 1874

Venus 1874 Jesuits

Manila , Spain (nowadays The Philippines )

Jesuits

Venus 1874 Germany

Port Ross, Auckland Islands, New Zealand

Seelig er and S chur

Ispahan, Iran

Becker and Fritsch

Kerguelen Islands , Betsy Bay, France (nowadays Terres Australes and French Antartica )

B örgen and Weinek

Mauritius , station Solitude , Great Britain (nowadays Republic of Mauritius )

Lö w and Pechüle

Tchefou , China

Valent iner and Adolph

Venus 1874 Great Britain

Burnham, near Christchurch, New Zealand

Pal mer

Christchurch, New Zealand

Darwin

Grahamstown, nowadays Thames, New Zealand

Se vern

Kerguelen, Islands , baie de l’Observatoire, France (nowadays Terres Australes and French Antartica )

P e r ry

Kerguelen, Islands , baie Supply , France (nowadays Terres Australes and French Antartica )

C orbet

Kerguelen, Islands , Thumb Peak , France (nowadays Terres Australes and French Antartica )

Goodri dge

Lahore (nowadays in Pakistan)

Str a h an

Thèbes, Egypt

Ab n ey

Mauritius , Great Britain (nowadays nowadays Republic of Mauritius )

Lin d s ay, Lord

Melbourne Observatory, Australia

E llery

Mokattem Hills, près du Caire, Egypt

B r o wne

Mussoorie , May-Villa Station, Himalaya

Henn es s ey

Rodriguez, Island , Hermitage Island , Great Britain (nowadays Republic of Mauritius )

H o gg an

Rodriguez Island , Point Coten , Great Britain (nowadays nowadays Republic of Mauritius )

W h a r t on

Rodriguez Island , Point Venus , Great Britain (nowadays nowadays Republic of Mauritius )

N e a te

Roorkee , India

T en n a nt

Honolulu , Oahu , Sandwich Islands (nowadays Hawaii )

Tu p man

Kailua , Islands Sandwich (nowadays Hawaii )

F or bes

Waiakiki, near Honolulu , Sandwich Islands (nowadays Hawaii )

Fl it ner

Waimea, Island of Kauai , Atoui, Sandwich Islands (nowadays Hawaii )

Jo hn son

Suez, Egypt

H u n ter

Venus 1874 Australia

Eden, New South Wales, Australia

Sc o tt, MacDonnell, Watkins

Eversleigh, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

Be l field and Park

Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Hix s on , capitaine, Onslow, Liversidge, Tornaghi

Newcastle, Raymond Street, New South Wales, Australia

Ba l ding

Sydney, Australia

R uss ell, Lenehan , Savage

Sydney, Hunter Street, Australia

Al le rding

Woodford, New South Wales, Australia

Ad a ms , Vessey, Hirst, Du Four, Fairfax

Venus 1874 Denmark

Maurice, Island , Great Britain (nowadays nowadays Republic of Mauritius )

Pechule

Venus 1874 United States

Campbell, Island, Tasmania (nowadays in New Zealand)

Raymond

Hobart Town, Tasmania (nowadays in Australia)

Hark n ess

Molloy Point, Kerguelen Islands , France (nowadays Terres Australes and French Antartica )

R yan

Nagasaki, Japan

Davidson

Bejing , China

Wa t s on

Queenstown, New Zealand

Peters

Vladivostok, Russia

Hall

Whangaroa, Island Chatham, New Zealand

S m ith

Venus 1874 France

Campbell, Island, Tasmania (nowadays in New Zealand)

Bou q u e t d e la G rye

Haiphong, Tonkin

Bo uillet

Kobe, Japan

Del acro ix

Nagasaki, Japan

Janssen and T i s s er and

Nouméa , New Caledonia

A n d ré

Bejing , China

Fl e u r i ais

Saïgon , IndoChina

H ér aud

Saint-Paul, Island , France near Madagascar (nowadays Terres Australes and French Antartica )

Mo u c hez

Venus 1874 Pays-Bas

Réunion, Island, France

? 

Réunion, Island, Saint-Denis, France

Oudemans

Venus 1874 Italy

Muddapur, Bengale (nowadays in India)

T ac c hini

Venus 1874 Mexico

Yokohama, Japan

Cova rr u bias

Venus 1874 New Zealand

Auckland, Island, New Zealand

? 

Bluff Harbor, New Zealand

? 

Venus 1874 Russia

Chabarowsk , Russia

Kuh l berg

Hakodate, Japan

J ela gin

Kamen-Rybolow , Russia

G lasse napp

Thèbes, Egypt

Bre di chin

Nakhodka, Russia

S chu bin

Nertschinskij Zawod , Russia

Sch w arz

Orianda , Ukraine

Kor t azzi

Bejing , China

Watson, Fr i tsche

Possiet , Russia

Ha ss elberg

Téhéran, Iran

Stebn i tzki

Tschita , Siberia, Russia

Wino gradsk i

Vladivostok, Russia

Onaz e vitch

Yokohama, Japan

Str uv e

Venus 1882

Venus 1882 Germany

Charlestown, station Aiken, South Carolina, United States

F ra nz

Dolores, Station Bahia Blanca, Argentina

Hartwig

Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile

Auwers

Richmond, station Hartford, Virginia, United States

Müller

Venus 1882 Great Britain

Auckland, Island, New Zealand

He ale

Hastings , Barbados , Great Britain (nowadays independent, N.-E of Venezuéla)

Tal m age and Thomson

Gibb’s Hill, Bermuda , Great Britain

Plum mer and Neate

Bidwill’s, New South Wales, Australia

Ma r ch ant

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Morris, D a rwin and Peak

Burnham, New Zealand

Tup m an and Coke

Cambridge,   Massachussets , United States

J e wett and Sawyer

Cape of Good Hope, Aberdeen Road

Fin lay and Pett

Cape of Good Hope, Montagu Road

M a rth and Stevens

Cape of Good Hope , Observatoire Royal

G i ll , Maclear , Elkin, Freeman, Jurisch

Cherry Garden, near Kingston,   Jamaica

Pears on

Christchurch, New Zealand

K it son and Townsend

Cobourg , Canada

B ain

Magellan Channel, Peckett Harbour

Wharton

Magellan Channel, Sandy Hill Station, Peckett Harbour

H ave rgal

Dunedin, New South Wales, Australia

Gil l ies and Skey

Durban, Natal Observatory, South Africa

N ei son

Hobart Town , Tasmania (nowadays in Australia )

White

Kempshot Observatory, Montego Bay,   Jamaica

Ha l l

Kingston Observatory, Canada

Willi a mson

Madagascar

Pe rry, Sidgreaves and Carlisle

Maurice, Island , Great Britain (nowadays Republic of Mauritius )

Me l drum

Melbourne Observatory, Australia

Ell e ry and Gilbert

Nelson, New South Wales, Australia 

Atk i nso n

New Plymouth, New South Wales, Australia

Hu mp hries and O’Donahoo

Ottawa, Nepean Point, Canada

B l ake

Park Camp,   Jamaica

Cop e land and Mackinlay

Sydney, Australia

Russell, Leneham , Savage

Wellington, Boulcott Street, New South Wales, Australia

M cK errow

Wellington, Mount Cook Observatory, New South Wales, Australia

A d ams

Wenthworth, New South Wales, Australia

Todd (Ch arles)

Winnipeg, Canada

McL e od

Venus 1882 Argentina

Bragado , south   Buenos-Aires , Argentina

Pe r r i n (Français)

Buenos-Aires, Argentina

Beuf ( Français )

Venus 1882 Belgique

San Antonio, Texas, United States

H ouz eau

Santiago, Chile

N i esten

Venus 1882 Brazil

Olinda, Brazil

J. d'O. Lacaille

Punta Arenas, Patagonie, Chile

Cr u ls

Saint-Thomas , Denmark , nowadays Virgin Islands ( United States )

Teffé , bar on de

Venus 1882 Denmark

Sainte-Croix, Island (West Indies, S.E. of Porto-Rico)

Pec hüle

Venus 1882 United States

Auckland, Island, New Zealand

Smith

Cambridge, Harvard College Observatory, Massachussetts, United States

Pi ck e ring

Cambridgeport, Massachussets, United States

Clark & Sons

Cedar Keys, Florida, United States

Eastman

Cerro Roblero, New-Mexico, United States

Davidson

Floride, United States

Eastman

Havana , Spain (nowadays Cuba )

Hasselbrink

Madison, Washburn Observatory , Wisconsin , United States

Holden

Mount Hamilton , Lick Observatory , California , United States

T o dd

New York , St Pauls Church, United States

Searle

NewMexico , United States

Davidson

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Young

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Hall

Santa Cruz, Patagonie, Argentina

Wheeler

Santiago, Chile

Boss

Washington DC, US Naval Observatory, United States

Ha r kn ess

Wellington, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Newcomb

Venus 1882 France

Algiers, Algeria

T rép i ed

Avila, Spain

T h o l lon

Cape Horn, Orange Bay

Co urce lle-S eneuil , Payen, Lephay, Dr Hyades, Le Cannelier

Cerro-Negro, near San Bernardo, Chile

De Ber nar d ières, Barnaud, Favereau

Châteaudun, France

Les car b a u lt

Chubut, Argentina

Hatt , L eygue, Mion

Marseille, France

St epha n

Martinique, fort Tartenson, France

Tisser and, B i g ourdan and Puiseux

Montevideo, Uruguay

Penfe n tenyo

Nice, France

M i c h aud

Oran , Algeria

Ja ns sen

Pétionville, near Port-au-Prince, Haïti

D’Abb a di e , Ca llandreau, Chappuis

Puebla, fort Loreto,   Mexico

Bouq uet de la G rye, Héraud, Arago

Rio-Negro, Patagonia, Argentina

Perr o tin

Saint-Augustin, fort Marion, Florida, United States

Per r ier, Bassot, Defforges, Tourenne

Santa-Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina

Fl e ur iais , Le Pord, De Royer de Saint-Julien

Toulon , Naval Observatory , France

R o zet

Venus 1882 Ireland

Armagh Observatory, Ireland

Dr e yer

Cork, Queen's College, Ireland

En gland

Dun Echt Observatory, Scotland

L ohse

Dunsink Observatory , Ireland

Robert Ball

Markree Observatory , Ireland

Do berck

Venus 1882 Italy

Rome, observatoire royal, Italy

Ta c c hini

Moncalieri, observatory of Charles-Albert college, Italy

De nza , the father