James Cook

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cartographer explorer human naval officer navigator

James Cook was an 18th-century British naval captain and explorer renowned for his three Pacific voyages that mapped previously uncharted regions including Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
James Cook canonical	102
Captain James Cook	4
Captain Cook, Hawaii	2
James Cook (for short periods during the expedition)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ naval officer ⓘ navigator ⓘ
allegiance	Great Britain ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stabbing ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1728-10-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1779-02-14 ⓘ
employer	Royal Navy ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
explored	Antarctic waters ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ eastern Australia ⓘ
familyName	Cook ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cartography ⓘ exploration ⓘ navigation ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
knownFor	charting the coasts of New Zealand ⓘ charting the east coast of Australia ⓘ exploration of Hawaii ⓘ mapping the Pacific Ocean ⓘ three voyages to the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in action ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
notableAchievement	crossing the Antarctic Circle ⓘ first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia ⓘ first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand ⓘ
notableWork	First voyage of James Cook ⓘ Second voyage of James Cook ⓘ Third voyage of James Cook ⓘ
numberOfChildren	6 ⓘ
occupation	cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Marton, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Island ⓘ
religion	Church of England ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
shipCommanded	HMS Adventure ⓘ HMS Discovery ⓘ HMS Endeavour ⓘ HMS Resolution ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Batts Cook ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

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

Age of Exploration → hasKeyExplorer → James Cook ⓘ

New South Wales → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

this entity surface form: Captain James Cook

Age of Sail → notableExplorer → James Cook ⓘ

Cook → hasNotableBearer → James Cook ⓘ

Northwest Passage → exploredBy → James Cook ⓘ

Whitsunday Islands → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

Tahiti → visitedBy → James Cook ⓘ

Vancouver Island → exploredBy → James Cook ⓘ

Norfolk Island → discoveredBy → James Cook ⓘ

Marton, Yorkshire, England → birthplaceOf → James Cook ⓘ

Marton, Yorkshire, England → hasMemorialTo → James Cook ⓘ

Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Island → hasNearbySettlement → James Cook ⓘ

subject surface form: Kealakekua Bay

this entity surface form: Captain Cook, Hawaii

Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Island → commemorates → James Cook ⓘ

subject surface form: Captain Cook Monument

this entity surface form: Captain James Cook

First voyage of James Cook → commander → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Endeavour → commandedBy → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Endeavour → captain → James Cook ⓘ

Second voyage of James Cook → commander → James Cook ⓘ

Second voyage of James Cook → publicationAuthor → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Resolution → commandedBy → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Resolution → associatedWith → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Resolution → captainOnSecondVoyage → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Resolution → captainOnThirdVoyage → James Cook ⓘ

Third voyage of James Cook → commander → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Adventure → carriedPerson → James Cook ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Cook (for short periods during the expedition)

Cook Islands → namedAfter → James Cook ⓘ

George Vancouver → servedUnder → James Cook ⓘ

Dusky Sound → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Discovery → commandedBy → James Cook ⓘ

HMS Discovery → hasCaptain → James Cook ⓘ

Byron Bay → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

Cook Inlet → namedAfter → James Cook ⓘ

Cook Inlet → wasExploredBy → James Cook ⓘ

Cape Tribulation → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

Glass House Mountains → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

Norton Sound → discoveredByEuropeans → James Cook ⓘ

Mount Taranaki → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

Cook Strait → namedAfter → James Cook ⓘ

Bay of Plenty → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

Captain Cook Highway → namedAfter → James Cook ⓘ

James Cook University Cairns campus → namedAfter → James Cook ⓘ

Cape Flattery → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ

Joseph Banks → traveledWith → James Cook ⓘ

Cooktown → namedAfter → James Cook ⓘ

Captain Cook Memorial Jet → commemorates → James Cook ⓘ

Captain Cook Memorial Jet → namedAfter → James Cook ⓘ

Elegy on Captain Cook → mainSubject → James Cook ⓘ

Elegy on Captain Cook → commemorates → James Cook ⓘ

Elegy on Captain Cook → dedicatedTo → James Cook ⓘ

Aoraki / Mount Cook → namedAfter → James Cook ⓘ

Mount Fairweather → namedBy → James Cook ⓘ