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9 de may. de 2024 · Biography of George Vancouver, English navigator who surveyed the Pacific coast of North America.
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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. The expedition at various times included between two and four vessels, and up to 153 men, all but ...
Vancouver’s map of Vancouver Island. (Source: Oregonencyclopedia.org/Library of Congress, G420.V22) Site Location: West Coast of North America. Plaque Location: In storage at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Ave, Vancouver, BC. Lat.: 49° – 16’ – 39” N; Long.: 123° – 8’ – 50” W. (GPS: 49.277517, -123.147183).
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 California.
Vancouver Island is a large island off the coast of British Columbia. As a region, it includes the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. It is often referred to by the locals as simply 'The Island'. Map. Directions.
views 1,260,683 updated. George Vancouver Charts the Pacific Coast of North America from California to Alaska. Overview. George Vancouver (1757-1798) was an English sea captain and member of several expeditions to the South Pacific and the coast of North America in the late eighteenth century.
