Captain Cook

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1728-10-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Marton,_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Kealakekua_Bay,_Hawaii
gptkbp:causeOfDeath killed in Hawaii
gptkbp:children gptkb:Hugh_Cook
gptkb:James_Cook_Jr.
gptkb:Nathaniel_Cook
gptkbp:deathDate 1779-02-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Kealakekua_Bay,_Hawaii
gptkbp:education self-taught
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:expedition gptkb:First_voyage_(1768–1771)
gptkb:Third_voyage_(1776–1779)
Second voyage (1772–1775)
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Hawaiian_Islands
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Antarctic_Circle
gptkbp:fullName James Cook
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Captain Cook
gptkbp:knownFor first European contact with Hawaiian Islands
first European contact with eastern Australia
first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Cook_Inlet
gptkb:Cook_Strait
gptkb:Mount_Cook
Cook Islands
numerous places named after him
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Captain_Cook's_Cottage,_Melbourne
gptkb:Captain_Cook_Memorial,_Australia
gptkb:Captain_Cook_Monument,_Hawaii
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkb:website
captain
cartographer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:James_Cook_(father)
Grace Pace (mother)
gptkbp:rank Captain
gptkbp:shipCommanded gptkb:HMS_Discovery
gptkb:HMS_Endeavour
gptkb:HMS_Adventure
gptkb:HMS_Resolution
gptkbp:signature James Cook signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Batts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mr._Popper's_Penguins
gptkb:Whitby
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5