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First voyage of James Cook
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/First_voyage_of_James_Cook
GPTKB entity
Statements (57)
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
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