George Vancouver
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. The expedition also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.
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A portrait from the late 18th century by an unknown artist believed to depict George Vancouver | |
| Born | 22 June 1757 King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 10 May 1798 (aged 40) Petersham, Surrey, England |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held | HMS Discovery (Vancouver Expedition, 1791–1795) |
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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.