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» Lecture 26: How Far the Sun?
   From an introductory astronomy course, describes expeditions which observed the 18th century transits.
   http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Unit4/venussun.html

» No. 1303: Transit of Venus
   Transcript of a radio show describing 18th century expeditions. Link to the audio.
   http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1303.htm

» The 1882 Transit of Venus: Observations from Wellington, South Africa
   Describes the development of a higher education facility for women in South Africa and the events that led to the American scientific expedition to be able to view the astronomical phenomena. Page includes background of key participants, as well as photos
   http://www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/tov1882/tovwell.html

» The American Transit of Venus Expeditions of 1882
   Abstract of an oral presentation at the 1996 AAS meeting.
   http://aas.org/archives/BAAS/v27n4/aas187/S035002.html

» 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 and how planetary transits played a part in that.
   http://homepage.ntlworld.com/magavelda/ds/venus/ven_ch1A.htm

» Transits of Venus
   Transits in the past and on June 8, 2004.
   http://www.venus-transit.de/index.html