James Cook's Pacific voyages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/James_Cook's_Pacific_voyages

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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