James Cook's first voyage to Australia

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:Great_Britain
James Cook
gptkbp:commander James Cook
gptkbp:dateClaimedEasternAustralia 22 August 1770
gptkbp:dateLandedAtBotanyBay 29 April 1770
gptkbp:dateSailedFromEngland 26 August 1768
gptkbp:dateStruckReef 11 June 1770
gptkbp:documentedIn Banks' journal
Cook's journal
gptkbp:encounteredIndigenousPeoples gptkb:Gweagal
gptkb:Guugu_Yimithirr
gptkbp:endDate 1771
gptkbp:explores gptkb:New_South_Wales
east coast of Australia
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:HMS_Endeavour
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Cook's first voyage to Australia
gptkbp:landedAt gptkb:Possession_Island
Botany Bay
gptkbp:namedFor James Cook
gptkbp:namedPlace gptkb:Cape_York
gptkb:Possession_Island
Botany Bay
Point Hicks
gptkbp:notableCast gptkb:Daniel_Solander
gptkb:Sydney_Parkinson
gptkb:Joseph_Banks
gptkbp:notableEvent Endeavour struck the Great Barrier Reef
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:James_Cook's_first_voyage
gptkbp:purpose search for Terra Australis
scientific exploration
observation of the transit of Venus
gptkbp:repairedAt gptkb:Endeavour_River
gptkbp:result claimed eastern Australia for Great Britain
first recorded European contact with eastern Australia
gptkbp:returnedTo 12 July 1771
gptkbp:sailedTo gptkb:Plymouth,_England
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:startDate 1768
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Java
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Torres_Strait
Tahiti
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Cook_(1770)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6