Cook's first voyage

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:charting gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:HMS_Endeavour
gptkbp:contact gptkb:Native_American_culture
gptkbp:contribution new species of plants
gptkbp:crew gptkb:Joseph_Banks
navigation and seamanship
sailors, scientists, artists
gptkbp:crew_capacity 94
gptkbp:crew's_health_issues scurvy
gptkbp:cruise_speed three years and eleven months
gptkbp:cultural_exchange between Europeans and Indigenous peoples
gptkbp:cultural_heritage Indigenous tools and crafts
gptkbp:cultural_impact European interest in the Pacific
gptkbp:cultural_references encounters with Indigenous cultures
gptkbp:date July 12, 1771
gptkbp:discovery gptkb:Great_Barrier_Reef
botanical specimens
gptkbp:emergency_services gptkb:Botany_Bay
gptkbp:funding gptkb:British_government
gptkbp:historical_analysis studies of colonialism.
gptkbp:historical_context Age of Enlightenment
gptkbp:historical_documentation journals and logs
gptkbp:historical_impact colonization of Australia
gptkbp:historical_legacy influence on future explorations
gptkbp:historical_records published accounts of the voyage
gptkbp:historical_significance first European contact with eastern Australia
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cook's first voyage
gptkbp:impact_on_cartography improved maps of the Pacific
gptkbp:impact_on_indigenous_populations land claims and colonization efforts
gptkbp:is_a_destination_for gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:is_explored_in gptkb:South_Pacific
gptkb:James_Cook
via the Indian Ocean
gptkbp:landing_site August 26, 1768
gptkbp:length three years
gptkbp:mapping_achievement first accurate maps of New Zealand
gptkbp:navigation_system gptkb:chronograph
observational astronomy
unfamiliar waters
gptkbp:notable_event discovery of New Zealand
first European to reach the east coast of Australia
gptkbp:notable_locations gptkb:Tahiti
gptkbp:purpose scientific exploration
gptkbp:research_focus botany and astronomy
gptkbp:return_impact increased interest in Pacific exploration
gptkbp:return_to_england after circumnavigating New Zealand
gptkbp:route gptkb:Cape_of_Good_Hope
through the Torres Strait
gptkbp:royal_navy_rank gptkb:Lieutenant
gptkbp:scientific_instruments sextant
gptkbp:scientific_observations celestial events
gptkbp:significance mapping the eastern coastline of Australia
gptkbp:sponsored_by gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:takes_place_in 1768-1771
gptkbp:year 1768
1771