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
Orchiston, Wayne
Robin JH Clark
Wells, William
Wolf, Edward D.
Darlington, Vicki
Concepts
Instruments, astronomical
Telescopes
Venus
Observation
Astronomy
Astronomical observatories
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
Modern
Enlightenment
Places
New Zealand
Tahiti
Queensland (Australia)
Naples (Italy)
United States
Europe
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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