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Bookmark or Share- George Vancouver - WikipediaCaptain 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 Califo...
- Vancouver Expedition - WikipediaA likely portrait of George Vancouver, c. 1798. 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 | Route, Facts, & Expeditions | BritannicaGeorge Vancouver (born June 22, 1757, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England—died May 10, 1798, Richmond, Surrey) was an English navigator who, with great precision, completed one of the most difficult surveys ever undertaken, that of the Pacific coast of North America, from the vicinity of San Francisco northward to present-day British Columbia.
- Vancouver, George (1758-1798) - HistoryLink.orgGeorge 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. He named every island, mountain, waterway, and point of land ...
- History Day Award Winner: Vancouver's Exploration of the North Pacific ...George Vancouver’s voyage of 1791-1795 was about the exploration of a new world and staking England’s claim there; about cultural encounters and exchanges of knowledge and ideas.
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