James Cook's Pacific voyages

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:South_Pacific
gptkb:Antarctic_Circle
gptkb:North_Pacific
Tahiti
gptkbp:firstVoyageEndYear 1771
gptkbp:firstVoyageShip gptkb:HMS_Endeavour
gptkbp:firstVoyageStartYear 1768
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Cook's Pacific voyages
gptkbp:ledTo James Cook
gptkbp:notableCast gptkb:John_Gore
gptkb:Charles_Clerke
gptkb:William_Bligh
gptkb:Sydney_Parkinson
gptkb:George_Vancouver
gptkb:Joseph_Banks
gptkb:Omai
gptkb:James_King
gptkb:William_Wales
gptkb:Tupaia
David Samwell
gptkbp:notableEvent first European contact with eastern Australia
death of James Cook in Hawaii
first circumnavigation of New Zealand
gptkbp:notableFinds mapping of New Zealand
exploration of Hawaii
mapping of east coast of Australia
exploration of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:numberOfLaunches 3
gptkbp:purpose search for Terra Australis
scientific exploration
mapping Pacific Ocean
observation of Venus transit
gptkbp:resultedIn ethnographic observations
collection of botanical and zoological specimens
expanded European knowledge of Pacific islands
improved maps of Pacific
gptkbp:secondVoyageEndYear 1775
gptkbp:secondVoyageShip gptkb:HMS_Adventure
gptkb:HMS_Resolution
gptkbp:secondVoyageStartYear 1772
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:thirdVoyageEndYear 1779
gptkbp:thirdVoyageShip gptkb:HMS_Discovery
gptkb:HMS_Resolution
gptkbp:thirdVoyageStartYear 1776
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colonial_Expeditions
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7