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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Label	Occurrences
James Cook’s third voyage	3
Third voyage of James Cook canonical	3
third voyage of James Cook	2
James Cook's third Pacific voyage	1
James Cook's third voyage	1
James Cook's third voyage (1776–1779)	1
James Cook's third voyage of discovery	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T331255 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Third voyage of James Cook
Context triple: [James Cook, notableWork, Third voyage of James Cook]

A. Second voyage of James Cook
The Second voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Southern Hemisphere that disproved the existence of a vast southern continent and greatly advanced geographic and scientific knowledge of the Pacific.
B. First voyage of James Cook
The First voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Pacific Ocean during which Cook charted New Zealand and Australia’s eastern coastline and conducted astronomical and scientific observations.
C. A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits
"A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits" is the published account of the early 19th-century Russian circumnavigation voyage of the Rurik, documenting its scientific explorations and discoveries in the Pacific and Bering Strait regions.
D. HMS Beagle second survey expedition
The HMS Beagle second survey expedition was the 1831–1836 naval voyage around the world during which Charles Darwin made the observations that laid the groundwork for his theory of evolution by natural selection.
E. HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Third voyage of James Cook
Target entity description: 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.

A. Second voyage of James Cook
The Second voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Southern Hemisphere that disproved the existence of a vast southern continent and greatly advanced geographic and scientific knowledge of the Pacific.
B. First voyage of James Cook
The First voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Pacific Ocean during which Cook charted New Zealand and Australia’s eastern coastline and conducted astronomical and scientific observations.
C. A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits
"A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits" is the published account of the early 19th-century Russian circumnavigation voyage of the Rurik, documenting its scientific explorations and discoveries in the Pacific and Bering Strait regions.
D. HMS Beagle second survey expedition
The HMS Beagle second survey expedition was the 1831–1836 naval voyage around the world during which Charles Darwin made the observations that laid the groundwork for his theory of evolution by natural selection.
E. HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ linked to: Northern Pacific Ocean Northwest Coast of North America ⓘ linked to: Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples Pacific Ocean ⓘ
documentedIn	A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
endTime	1779 ⓘ
explored	Alaska ⓘ Bering Strait ⓘ Hawaiian Islands ⓘ Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ Northwest Coast of America ⓘ linked to: Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
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 ⓘ linked to: Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Island
mainPurpose	search for the Northwest Passage ⓘ
notableFor	death of James Cook in Hawaii ⓘ
partOf	Age of Discovery ⓘ linked to: Age of Exploration 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 ⓘ linked to: Admiralty (United Kingdom)
startTime	1776 ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ Hawaiian Islands ⓘ Northwest Coast of North America ⓘ linked to: Pacific Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
usedShip	HMS Discovery ⓘ HMS Resolution ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

James Cook → notableWork → Third voyage of James Cook ⓘ

Second voyage of James Cook → relatedWork → Third voyage of James Cook ⓘ

HMS Resolution → flagshipOf → James Cook's third Pacific voyage ⓘ