voyage of HMS Endeavour

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:commander James Cook
gptkbp:crew 94
gptkbp:departedFrom gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:James_Cook's_journals
Joseph Banks' journals
Sydney Parkinson's drawings
gptkbp:duration nearly three years
gptkbp:endDate 1771-07-12
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label voyage of HMS Endeavour
gptkbp:notableEvent death of several crew members
grounded on the Great Barrier Reef
outbreak of disease in Batavia
repair at Batavia
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Great_Barrier_Reef
gptkb:Poverty_Bay
Botany Bay
gptkbp:notableFor scientific exploration
contributions to navigation and cartography
expansion of British knowledge of the Pacific
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Charles_Green
gptkb:Daniel_Solander
gptkb:Sydney_Parkinson
gptkb:Joseph_Banks
gptkbp:purpose observe the 1769 transit of Venus
explore and chart New Zealand and Australia
gptkbp:resultedIn first European contact with eastern Australia
significant botanical and zoological discoveries
mapping of New Zealand and eastern Australia
first circumnavigation of New Zealand
gptkbp:returnedTo gptkb:England
gptkbp:shipUsed gptkb:HMS_Endeavour
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:startDate 1768-08-26
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Cape_Town
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Batavia
Tahiti
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Journal_of_the_Right_Hon._Sir_Joseph_Banks
gptkb:James_Cook's_Endeavour_journal
gptkb:Endeavour_Journal_of_James_Cook
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7