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HMS Volage (1869)

 * ... that the British corvette HMS Volage transported a party of astronomers to the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean in 1874 to observe the Transit of Venus?
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Created/expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Self nom at 22:26, 10 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Length and date of creation both check out okay. No checks carried out for copyvio or plaguarism as all sources are offline. Hook fact AGF. Good to go.  Harrias  talk 12:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)