Chapter ID: CBB381645318

The ‘Cook’ Gregorian Telescope in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (2016)

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The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington houses an eighteenth century Gregorian telescope manufactured by Heath and Wing of London which has a convoluted history reputedly involving James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks. Neither association can be verified, but we conclude that this instrument does indeed have a Cook Voyage pedigree, and was the telescope that Daniel Solander used to observe the 1769 transit of Venus from Fort Venus, Tahiti.

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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Gargano, Mauro
Kelly, Michael J.
Kragh, Helge S.
Leitão, Henrique de Sousa
Louwman, Peter
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Archives of Natural History
History of Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Akademie-Verlag
Brill
Springer
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes
Self-published by the author
Concepts
Telescopes
Instruments, astronomical
Venus
Astronomy
Observation
Astronomical observatories
People
Cook, James
Solander, Daniel Charles
Banks, Joseph
Bianchini, Francesco
Brashear, John A.
Wales, William
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
16th century
20th century, early
Places
New Zealand
Tahiti
British Columbia (Canada)
Paris (France)
Iran
Rome (Italy)
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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