HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook
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HMS Discovery was one of the Royal Navy ships that accompanied Captain James Cook on his third Pacific voyage, playing a key role in exploration of the North Pacific and the search for the Northwest Passage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Discovery (1781) (Cook’s ship) | 1 |
| HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10122921 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook Context triple: [Charles Clerke, notableVoyage, HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook]
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Third voyage of James Cook
The Third voyage of James Cook was the British explorer’s final expedition (1776–1779), undertaken to search for the Northwest Passage and which ultimately led to his death in Hawaii.
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Second voyage of James Cook
The Second voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Southern Hemisphere that disproved the existence of a vast southern continent and greatly advanced geographic and scientific knowledge of the Pacific.
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C.
Capt. Cook's
Capt. Cook's is a casual quick-service restaurant at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort known for serving Polynesian-inspired dishes and popular Disney park favorites.
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HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
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RRS James Cook
RRS James Cook is a British Royal Research Ship operated by the National Oceanography Centre, designed for advanced multidisciplinary oceanographic research worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook Target entity description: HMS Discovery was one of the Royal Navy ships that accompanied Captain James Cook on his third Pacific voyage, playing a key role in exploration of the North Pacific and the search for the Northwest Passage.
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A.
Third voyage of James Cook
The Third voyage of James Cook was the British explorer’s final expedition (1776–1779), undertaken to search for the Northwest Passage and which ultimately led to his death in Hawaii.
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B.
Second voyage of James Cook
The Second voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Southern Hemisphere that disproved the existence of a vast southern continent and greatly advanced geographic and scientific knowledge of the Pacific.
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C.
Capt. Cook's
Capt. Cook's is a casual quick-service restaurant at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort known for serving Polynesian-inspired dishes and popular Disney park favorites.
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D.
HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
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E.
RRS James Cook
RRS James Cook is a British Royal Research Ship operated by the National Oceanography Centre, designed for advanced multidisciplinary oceanographic research worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy research vessel
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ship of exploration ⓘ sloop-of-war ⓘ |
| accompanied | HMS Resolution ⓘ |
| armament | lightly armed compared to ships of the line ⓘ |
| carried |
artists
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naturalists ⓘ scientific instruments ⓘ surveying equipment ⓘ |
| commandStructure | under overall command of Captain James Cook ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| designedFor | sturdiness and cargo capacity rather than speed ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
illustrations by John Webber
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journals of James Cook's third voyage ⓘ narratives by George Vancouver ⓘ |
| endTime | 1780 ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Charles Clerke
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George Vancouver ⓘ John Gore ⓘ |
| hasCrewMember |
George Vancouver
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Henry Roberts ⓘ James Colnett ⓘ John Webber ⓘ Nathaniel Portlock ⓘ William Bligh ⓘ William Ellis (surgeon and artist) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | concept of discovery ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
James Cook's third voyage
ⓘ
linked to:
Third voyage of James Cook
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| significance |
contributed to mapping of the North Pacific coastline
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helped clarify impracticality of a southern Northwest Passage from the Pacific side ⓘ |
| startTime | 1776 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
exploration of the North Pacific Ocean
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exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America ⓘ search for a navigable Northwest Passage from the Pacific side ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Pacific exploration
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hydrographic surveying ⓘ scientific observation ⓘ search for the Northwest Passage ⓘ |
| visited |
Alaska
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Bering Strait ⓘ Hawaiian Islands ⓘ Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Nootka Sound ⓘ South Georgia (en route legs of the voyage) ⓘ
linked to:
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Tahiti ⓘ |
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Subject: HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook Description of subject: HMS Discovery was one of the Royal Navy ships that accompanied Captain James Cook on his third Pacific voyage, playing a key role in exploration of the North Pacific and the search for the Northwest Passage.
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linked to: HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook