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|  | Haan, Gerrit de |
| name: | Haan, Gerrit de | ||||||
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| domestic | Batavia | ||||||
| lived in | 1736-1769 | ||||||
| job: | Chief-Mapmaker - Baas Kaartenmaker VoC | ||||||
The transit of Venus of was indeed observed from Batavia on 6 June 1761, and not by a professional astronomer. It was in fact observed by Gerrit de Haan, the head of the department of mapmakers in Batavia, who was assisted by Pieter Jan Soele, a skipper employed by the VOC. | |||||||
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