The 1769 transit of Venus
Subtitle: the Baja California observations of Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche, Vicente de Doz, and Joaquín Velázquez Cárdenas de León
By: introduced & edited by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. ; translations by James Donahue, Maynard J. Geiger & Iris Wilson Engstrand.
Contributors: Nunis, Doyce Blackman.; Chappe d'Auteroche, abbé, 1728-1769.; Doz, Vicente de, ca. 1736-1781.; Velázquez Cárdenas y León, Joaquín, 1732-1786.
Series: Baja California travels series ;; 46
Publisher: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Venus (Planet) -- Transit -- 1769.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 173-180.
Includes translations of letters, articles, and selections from observations relating to the 1769 transit of Venus as observed in Baja California.
Includes index.