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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 ...
Born in June 22, 1757, Captain George Vancouver was a Royal Navy officer who served on several ships during his career, including the Resolution and the Discovery with the famous explorer, Captain James Cook.
Born in the English port village of King's Lynn, Vancouver spent his childhood near the sea. In 1772, at the age of fourteen, Vancouver left home to sail with famed English seaman Captain James Cook (1728-1779) on his voyage around the world.
A statue of Captain George Vancouver stands in front of City Hall and commemorates June 12, 1792, the day he sailed into Burrard Inlet and landed near Port Moody. Photo by Stuart Davis / PNG ...
The Vancouver Expedition (1791–1795) was a four-and-a-half-year voyage of exploration and diplomacy, commanded by Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy. The British expedition circumnavigated the globe and made contact with five continents.
George Vancouver. 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. He also explored and mapped parts of the South Pacific, including Hawaii.
Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798), was one of the great navigators and geographers of the 18th century, the era when the blank spaces on the maps of the world were rapidly being filled in. He is exceeded in importance only by the great Captain James Cook, whose disciple he was and in whose tracks he followed.
