Tag Archives: Wales

And here is another one … William Wales arrived at his destination in Hudson Bay in August 1768. He reached Fort Prince of Wales on 10 August. It was a bleak place of bare rocks with little vegetation – some … Continue reading →

As we’re enjoying the summer, I’ve been reading about the transit astronomers who went to the north in order to observe the Transit of Venus there in 1769. It’s amazing what they had to endure. Take British astronomer William Wales … Continue reading →