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Layer Id 542 Name 1776 Cook expedition, route of the Discovery
Description

This map shows the route of the Discovery under the command of Captain Clerke, then Captain Gore, then Captain King

 Subject Keywords discovery, history of exploration, scientific collecting, australian history, coral taxonomy, pacific history, environmental history, environmental baselines, museum collections, charles clerke, james king, john gore
Type Journey Warning

This project uses historic names for places, some of which may now be offensive. Map points are approximate and do not indicate the exact anchorages of the vessel. Voyage layers may not include all anchorages and may include some places sighted but not visited. Journey lines follow the shortest route between anchorages and do not indicate the exact path of the vessel.
Creator Claire Brennan, Alana Grech Publisher James Cook University
Contact claire.brennan@jcu.edu.au License CC BY NC
Created At 2023-06-26 15:49:20 Updated At 2023-06-28 16:48:33
Ghap Url https://tlcmap.org/layers/542
Statistic Value Unit
Total Places
112 -
Area
375328296.56325 km2
Convex Hull
POLYGON((158.979 -54.481,69.683 -49.383,37.8503 -46.7549,-174.9235 -21.2705,-175.1623 -21.1288,-179.3863 68.9177,-166.2302 68.8834,179.1017 62.24,174.2272 -41.0997,158.979 -54.481)) -
Density
2.9840542539836E-7 places/km2
Centroid
POINT(-83.32285519642859 25.667486187499993) -
Bounding Box
POLYGON((-179.3863 -54.481,-179.3863 68.9177,179.1017 68.9177,179.1017 -54.481,-179.3863 -54.481)) -
Most Central Place
Clerke (Discovery) -
Most Distant Place from center
King (Discovery) -
Distribution
  • Average Distance from Centroid: 9048.9700986424
  • Average Distance from Centroid / Area of Convex Hull: 2.4109480104486E-5
 kilometers
Start Date
1776-08-01 -
End Date
1780-10-04 -
Duration
4.18 years
Median Date
1778-06-23 -
Average Date
1778-07-08 -