Captain William R. Broughton

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:George_Vancouver
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Navy_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1762-05-12
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:HMS_Chatham
gptkbp:contribution Mapping the Northwest Coast of North America
gptkbp:deathDate 1821-04-04
gptkbp:descendant British_Explorers
gptkbp:explores gptkb:San_Juan_Islands
gptkb:Columbia_River
gptkb:Puget_Sound
gptkb:Vancouver_Island
Strait of Juan de Fuca
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Cartography
Navigation
Maritime Exploration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Captain William R. Broughton
gptkbp:influenced Subsequent Explorers
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Bligh
gptkb:James_Cook
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Broughton_Archipelago
gptkbp:legacy Broughton_Archipelago_named_after_him
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Vancouver_Expedition
Exploration_of_the_Pacific_Coast
HMS_Chatham_Expedition
gptkbp:notableFor Exploration of the Pacific Northwest
gptkbp:occupation Explorer
gptkbp:rank Captain
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Age_of_Discovery
Maritime History
Exploration History
Explorers of the 19th Century
Navigation History
Cartography History
Explorers of the 18th Century
Exploration_of_the_Americas
Colonial_Expansion
British_Maritime_History
Royal_Navy_History
British_Explorers_of_the_Pacific
Pacific_Northwest_History
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy