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James Cook's Pacific voyages
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/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