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Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and ...
Mar 4, 2003 · George Vancouver was an important explorer of Puget Sound. He served for 25 years in the British Navy, and commanded the 1791-1792 British expedition to the North Pacific. In April 1792, George Vancouver entered the Strait of Juan de Fuca and commenced his exploration of Puget Sound.
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Jun 22, 2019 · Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and ...
Vol. 64/9/427. Few, if any, voyages in the history of navigation have been as successful as the one to the northwest coast of America made in the years 1791-95 by Captain George Vancouver of the British Navy. His two small ships returned to England safely after nearly five years of exploration and survey work in strange and dangerous waters ...
Science. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Captain George Vancouver. views 1,365,258 updated. Captain George Vancouver. 1758-1798. English Navigator and Explorer. C aptain George Vancouver commanded the British Royal Navy ship Discovery in 1791 on a four-year journey that surveyed and mapped the American Northwest coast.
Captain George Vancouver was a British explorer and navigator who explored and mapped much of the Pacific Northwest of North America, including the coasts of present-day British Columbia, Canada and Washington, Oregon, and California in the United States.
