HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook

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HMS Discovery was one of the Royal Navy ships that accompanied Captain James Cook on his third Pacific voyage, playing a key role in exploration of the North Pacific and the search for the Northwest Passage.

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instanceOf Royal Navy research vessel
ship of exploration
sloop-of-war
accompanied HMS Resolution NERFINISHED
armament lightly armed compared to ships of the line
carried artists
naturalists
scientific instruments
surveying equipment
commandStructure under overall command of Captain James Cook
country Kingdom of Great Britain
designedFor sturdiness and cargo capacity rather than speed
documentedIn illustrations by John Webber
journals of James Cook's third voyage
narratives by George Vancouver
endTime 1780
hasCommander Charles Clerke NERFINISHED
George Vancouver NERFINISHED
John Gore NERFINISHED
hasCrewMember George Vancouver NERFINISHED
Henry Roberts NERFINISHED
James Colnett NERFINISHED
John Webber NERFINISHED
Nathaniel Portlock NERFINISHED
William Bligh NERFINISHED
William Ellis (surgeon and artist) NERFINISHED
namedAfter concept of discovery
operator Royal Navy
partOf James Cook's third voyage NERFINISHED
significance contributed to mapping of the North Pacific coastline
helped clarify impracticality of a southern Northwest Passage from the Pacific side
startTime 1776
timePeriod late 18th century
tookPartIn exploration of the North Pacific Ocean
exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America
search for a navigable Northwest Passage from the Pacific side
usedFor Pacific exploration
hydrographic surveying
scientific observation
search for the Northwest Passage
visited Alaska NERFINISHED
Bering Strait NERFINISHED
Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED
Kamchatka Peninsula NERFINISHED
New Zealand NERFINISHED
Nootka Sound NERFINISHED
South Georgia (en route legs of the voyage) NERFINISHED
Tahiti NERFINISHED

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