First voyage of James Cook

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_voyage_of_James_Cook

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:casualties	over 30 crew members died, mostly from disease
gptkbp:commander	James Cook
gptkbp:crew	gptkb:John_Gore gptkb:Charles_Green gptkb:Daniel_Solander gptkb:Sydney_Parkinson gptkb:Joseph_Banks gptkb:Zachary_Hicks
gptkbp:dateOfLandingAustralia	1770-04-29
gptkbp:duration	nearly 3 years
gptkbp:endDate	1771-07-12
gptkbp:endPoint	gptkb:Deal,_Kent
gptkbp:fleetSize	gptkb:HMS_Endeavour
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	First voyage of James Cook
gptkbp:landedAt	gptkb:Endeavour_River gptkb:Poverty_Bay gptkb:Possession_Island Botany Bay
gptkbp:notableEvent	first European landing on the east coast of Australia circumnavigation of New Zealand mapping of New Zealand and eastern Australia
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:John_Gore gptkb:Charles_Green gptkb:Daniel_Solander gptkb:Sydney_Parkinson gptkb:Joseph_Banks gptkb:Isaac_Smith gptkb:Zachary_Hicks gptkb:William_Perry gptkb:James_Roberts gptkb:James_Magra gptkb:John_Ravenhill gptkb:John_Satterley gptkb:Peter_Briscoe gptkb:Richard_Pickersgill gptkb:William_Monkhouse gptkb:Robert_Molyneux gptkb:Tupaia James Cook
gptkbp:purpose	search for Terra Australis observe the 1769 transit of Venus
gptkbp:result	significant scientific discoveries claimed eastern Australia for Great Britain detailed maps of Pacific regions
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:startDate	1768-08-26
gptkbp:startPoint	gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:visitedBy	gptkb:Australia gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro gptkb:Batavia gptkb:Cape_Horn Tahiti
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Second_voyage_of_James_Cook gptkb:Captain_James_Cook
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7