The Cambridge Digital Library holds a collection of papers relating to the 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii.
Sources
- 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.royalobservatorygreenwich.org/articles.php?article=1190 (royalobservatorygreenwich.org)
- https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/tov (cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk)
- https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/digital-library-treasures (cam.ac.uk)
- https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/history/2016/10/05/dr-higgitt-presents-the-transit-of-venus-1874-digital-collection/ (blogs.kent.ac.uk)
- https://www.kent.ac.uk/news/society/11442/kent-helps-launch-new-archive-of-historic-astronomy-expedition (kent.ac.uk)
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