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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Author’s Note
Dramatis Personae
Prologue: The Gauntlet
Part I. Transit 1761
1. Call to Action
2. The French Are First
3. Britain Enters the Race
4. To Siberia
5. Getting Ready for Venus
6. Day of Transit, 6 June 1761
7. How Far to the Sun?
Part 2. Transit 1769
8. A Second Chance
9. Russia Enters the Race
10. The Most Daring Voyage of All
11. Scandinavia or the Land of the Midnight Sun
12. The North American Continent
13. Racing to the Four Corners of the Globe
14. Day of Transit, 3 June 1769
15. After the Transit
Epilogue: A New Dawn
List of Observers 1761
List of Observers 1769
Selected Bibliography, Sources and Abbreviations
Suggested Further Reading
Picture Credits
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
Illustrations
A Note About the Author
Other Books by This Author
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