1882 transit of Venus

Stephen Joseph Perry and Commander Pelham Aldrich, as captain of HMS Fawn, observed the transit from an improvised tent observatory in Madagascar.

For the observation of the transit he organized two expeditions: one to San Antonio, Texas, and another to Santiago de Chile.

[3] The French Academy of Sciences organized ten expeditions to various locations, including Florida, Mexico, Haiti, Martinique, and Cape Horn.

[5][6] The transit was observed from the United Kingdom by Samuel Cooper in Charminster and Roger Langdon at Silverton, both in Devon,[7][8] and by W F Denning in Bristol.

[11] The event was celebrated in music with the Transit of Venus March by John Philip Sousa.