Third voyage of James Cook

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Pacific exploration exploration voyage historical event

The Third voyage of James Cook was the British explorer’s final expedition (1776–1779), undertaken to search for the Northwest Passage and which ultimately led to his death in Hawaii.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pacific exploration → exploration voyage → historical event →
arrivalDate	1778-01 →
arrivalPlace	Hawaiian Islands →
commander	James Cook →
country	Great Britain →
crewSize	approximately 180 →
dateOfDeathOfCommander	1779-02-14 →
departureCountry	Kingdom of Great Britain →
departureDate	1776-07-12 →
departurePoint	Plymouth →
destination	Hawaii → North Pacific Ocean → Northwest Coast of North America → Pacific Ocean →
documentedIn	A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean →
endTime	1779 →
explored	Alaska → Bering Strait → Hawaiian Islands → Kamchatka Peninsula → Northwest Coast of America →
followedBy	death of James Cook →
includedPerson	Charles Clerke → George Vancouver → John Webber → William Bligh →
keyEvent	first recorded European contact with the Hawaiian Islands →
locationOfDeathOfCommander	Kealakekua Bay →
mainPurpose	search for the Northwest Passage →
notableFor	death of James Cook in Hawaii →
partOf	Age of Discovery → European exploration of the Pacific →
precededBy	Second voyage of James Cook →
result	detailed mapping of the North American northwest coast → extended European knowledge of the North Pacific → increased European interest in the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest → no navigable Northwest Passage found from the Pacific side →
scientificActivity	cartographic surveying → ethnographic observation → natural history collection →
sponsor	British Admiralty →
startTime	1776 →
theatreOfOperations	Arctic Ocean → Bering Sea → Hawaiian Islands → Northwest Coast of North America → Pacific Ocean →
usedShip	HMS Discovery → HMS Resolution →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Vancouver → HMS Discovery ("James Cook’s third voyage") → HMS Resolution ("James Cook's third voyage (1776–1779)") →	participatedIn
HMS Resolution ("James Cook's third Pacific voyage") →	flagshipOf
James Cook →	notableWork
Second voyage of James Cook →	relatedWork