The Transit of Venus & The Quest For The Solar Parallax -- Excerpt of a book by David Sellers (Leeds, England). Covers the history of trying to find the Earth-Sun distance & how planetary transits played a part in that… Visit

The American Transit of Venus Expeditions of 1882 -- Abstract of an oral presentation at the 1996 AAS meeting. Visit

The 1882 Transit of Venus: Observations from Wellington, South Africa -- Describes the development of a higher education facility for women in South Africa & the events that led to the American scientific expedition to be easily able to view the astronomical phenomena. Page includes background of key participants, as well as photos of the original telescope & observatory. Visit

Transits of Venus -- Transits in the past & on June 8, 2004. Visit

Christian Science Monitor Blog - Captain Cook, the transit of Venus, and a little trip to Tahiti -- Short explanation of Cook's mission, what he was trying to measure, and links to related web content. Visit

No. 1303: Transit of Venus -- Transcript of a radio show describing 18th century expeditions. Link to the audio. Visit