William R. Broughton

E166580

Royal Navy officer cartographer explorer human

William R. Broughton was an 18th-century British naval officer and explorer known for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean and the naming of various islands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
William Robert Broughton	2
William R. Broughton canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy officer ⓘ cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ
affiliation	British exploration of the Pacific ⓘ
areaOfExploration	Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ coasts of East Asia ⓘ coasts of North America ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
employer	Royal Navy ⓘ
era	Age of Discovery in the Pacific ⓘ Age of Sail ⓘ
familyName	Broughton ⓘ
fieldOfWork	exploration of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ hydrography ⓘ navigation ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasActivity	charting coastlines ⓘ commanding exploration vessels ⓘ conducting hydrographic surveys ⓘ mapping islands ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	European knowledge of Pacific geography ⓘ subsequent British naval expeditions in the Pacific ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	officer ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to British naval charts of the Pacific ⓘ exploration of the Columbia River region ⓘ exploration of the North Pacific ⓘ exploration of the coast of Japan ⓘ exploration of the coast of Korea ⓘ exploration of the coast of Sakhalin ⓘ naming various islands in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ recording geographic names for newly charted islands ⓘ surveying parts of the coast of Asia ⓘ surveying parts of the coast of North America ⓘ
notablePublication	narrative of his voyage in the North Pacific ⓘ
notableWork	Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
occupation	cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
participatedIn	Vancouver Expedition ⓘ surface form: Vancouver expedition
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chatham Islands → namedBy → William R. Broughton ⓘ

HMS Chatham → commander → William R. Broughton ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Robert Broughton

HMS Chatham → associatedWithPerson → William R. Broughton ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Robert Broughton