Expedition to the South Seas

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:expedition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_de_Bougainville
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:HMS_Resolution
gptkb:HMS_Adventure
gptkbp:crew approximately 100
gptkbp:cultural_impact influence on literature
influence on art
influence on science
gptkbp:date 1775
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Society_Islands
gptkb:Easter_Island
gptkb:Tahiti
gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkbp:duration three years
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Abel_Tasman
gptkb:Ferdinand_Magellan
gptkb:Matthew_Flinders
gptkb:William_Bligh
gptkb:George_Vancouver
gptkb:John_Ledyard
gptkb:William_Hogg
gptkb:Joseph_Banks
gptkb:James_Cook
gptkb:James_King
gptkb:William_Wales
gptkb:John_Hawkesworth
gptkb:John_Gore
gptkb:John_Reinhold_Forster
gptkb:Charles_Clerke
gptkb:George_Forster
gptkb:Richard_Pickersgill
gptkb:James_Burney
Thomas Edgar
William Samwell
John Fearn
gptkbp:historical_impact increased European interest in the Pacific
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Expedition to the South Seas
gptkbp:is_a_route_for gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:James_Cook
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Seas
gptkbp:navigation_system star navigation
longitude measurement
latitude measurement
gptkbp:notable_event first contact with indigenous peoples
gptkbp:outcome discovery of new islands
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:research gptkb:physicist
botany
zoology
gptkbp:significance contribution to navigation
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:year 1772