HMS Discovery

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HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy research vessel best known for serving under Captain James Cook during his exploratory voyages in the Pacific.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Discovery (ship) 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy research vessel
barque
commandedBy James Cook
country Kingdom of Great Britain
era Age of Sail
exploredRegion Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Hawaiian Islands
New Zealand waters
Northern Pacific Ocean
surface form: North Pacific

Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Northwest Coast of North America

Pacific Ocean
Pacific Islands
surface form: South Pacific islands
hasCaptain James Cook
hasCrewRole astronomers
cartographers
naturalists
navigators
hasMissionType geographical exploration
scientific expedition
voyage of discovery
namedAfter discovery
notableFor assisting in determination of longitude and latitude in the Pacific
collecting botanical and zoological specimens
contributing to mapping of the Pacific
gathering ethnographic information on Pacific peoples
supporting James Cook’s scientific observations
operator Royal Navy
participatedIn Third voyage of James Cook
surface form: James Cook’s third voyage

Pacific exploration
search for the Northwest Passage
serviceBranch Royal Navy
usedFor exploration
hydrographic surveying
scientific research

Referenced by (4)

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George Vancouver commanded HMS Discovery
this entity surface form: Discovery (ship)
James Cook shipCommanded HMS Discovery
Third voyage of James Cook usedShip HMS Discovery