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Captain George Vancouver was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his – 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, See more.
captain george vancouver biography of william

Captain george vancouver biography of william

William Wales, a noted astronomer, was a supernumerary on board, and Vancouver was privileged to receive instruction under him.


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George Vancouver (), naval officer and hydrographer, was born on 22 June at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, the youngest of five children of John Jasper Vancouver .

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At the end of , an influential patron arranged for Vancouver's appointment as captain and commander of an expedition to the Northwest coast of North America to settle the question of .