Pointe Venus. Lighthouse built in 1867, built at the landing place of Samuel Wallis aboard the Dolfin, Antoine de Bougainville on the Boudeuse, James Cook on…
Pointe Venus. Monument dedicated to James Cook, who was sent to Tahiti to observe and record the transit of Venus between the Sun and Earth on 3 June 1769, a…
HMS Bounty anchored at Pointe Venus in 1788. William Bligh, James Cook's navigator on his last trip, was the captain of the ship. His mission was to bring…