Thomas Fuller
English churchman and historian
George Vancouver
18th-century English naval explorer
Captain George Vancouverwas 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 California. The expedition also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.
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Captain George Vancouverwas 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 California. The expedition also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.
Vancouver Island, the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Vancouver River on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Vancouver, Washington in the United States, Mount Vancouver on the Canadian-US border between Yukon and Alaska, and New Zealand’s fourth-highest mountain, also Mount Vancouver, are all named after him.
3 Quotes by George Vancouver
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A British declaration be taken against Martinez for ‘capturing and robbing us.
George Vancouver18th-century English naval explorer
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The sea has now changed from it’s natural, to river coloured water, the probable consequence of some streams falling into the bay, or into the ocean to the north of it, through the low land.
George Vancouver18th-century English naval explorer
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Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze.
George Vancouver18th-century English naval explorer