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different tribes, in order to increase the demand for these destructive engines... They have been likewise eager to instruct the natives in the use of European arms of all descriptions; and have shewn by their own example, that they consider gain as the only object of pursuit; and whether this be acquired by fair and honourable means, or otherwise, so long as the advantage is secured, the manner how it is obtained seems to have been, with too many of them, but a very secondary consideration.
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Many people don't feel aboriginal people should be celebrating this occasion...I believe it has helped the world and that's part of who we are. That's the legacy of our people. We're generous to a fault. The legacy is strong and a good one, in the sense that without the first nations working with the
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I am extremely concerned to be compelled to state here, that many of the traders from the civilised world have not only pursued a line of conduct, diametrically opposite to the true principles of justice in their commercial dealings, but have fomented discords, and stirred up contentions, between the
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Robin Fisher notes that Vancouver's "relationships with aboriginal groups were generally peaceful; indeed, his detailed survey would not have been possible if they had been hostile." While there were hostile incidents at the end of Vancouver's last season – the most serious of which involved a clash
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Vancouver, at one time amongst Britain's greatest explorers and navigators, died in obscurity on 10 May 1798 at the age of 40, less than three years after completing his voyages and expeditions. No official cause of death was stated, as the medical records pertaining to Vancouver were destroyed; one
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While at Nootka Sound Vancouver acquired Robert Gray's chart of the lower Columbia River. Gray had entered the river during the summer before sailing to Nootka Sound for repairs. Vancouver realised the importance of verifying Gray's information and conducting a more thorough survey. In October 1792,
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This we naturally conjectured contained the remains of some person of consequence, and it much excited the curiosity of some of our party; but as further examination could not possibly have served any useful purpose, and might have given umbrage and pain to the friends of the deceased, should it be
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and the present-day Washington state mainland, on 29 April 1792. His orders included a survey of every inlet and outlet on the west coast of the mainland, all the way north to Alaska. Most of this work was in small craft propelled by both sail and oar; manoeuvring larger sail-powered vessels in
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How Vancouver could have missed these rivers while accurately charting hundreds of comparatively insignificant inlets, islands, and streams is hard to fathom. What is certain is that his failure to spot the Columbia had great implications for the future political development of the Pacific
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issued a $ 1.55 postage stamp to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Vancouver's birth, on 22 June 2007. The stamp has an embossed image of Vancouver seen from behind as he gazes forward towards a mountainous coastline. This may be the first Canadian stamp not to show the subject's face.
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and fulfil his territorial mission, but the Spaniard was not there. The Spanish governor refused to let a foreign official into the interior. Vancouver noted that the region's "only defenses against foreign attack are a few poor cannons". He again spent the winter in the Sandwich Islands.
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After the summer surveying season ended, in August 1792, Vancouver went to Nootka, then the region's most important harbour, on contemporary Vancouver Island. Here he was to receive any British buildings and lands returned by the Spanish from claims by Francisco de Eliza for the
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W. Kaye Lamb, in summarising Mansvelt's 1973 research, observes evidence of close family ties between the Vancouver family of Britain and the Van Coeverden family of the Netherlands as well as George Vancouver's own words from his diaries in referring to his Dutch ancestry:
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did not exist at the latitudes that had long been suggested. His charts of the North American northwest coast were so extremely accurate that they served as the key reference for coastal navigation for generations. Robin Fisher, the academic vice-president of
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from interposing and giving Pitt blow after blow until onlookers restrained the attacker. Charges and counter-charges flew in the press, with the wealthy Camelford faction having the greater firepower until Vancouver, ailing from his long naval service, died.
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He put the northwest coast on the map...He drew up a map of the north-west coast that was accurate to the 9th degree, to the point it was still being used into the modern day as a navigational aid. That's unusual for a map from that early a
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As the name Vancouver suggests, the Vancouvers were of Dutch origin. They were descended from the titled van Coeverden family, one of the oldest in the Netherlands. By the twelfth century, and for many years thereafter, their castle at
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is located on the beach in North Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, commemorating George Vancouver's contribution of coffee and root vegetables to the islands of Hawaii, inscribed by Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2 December
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Vancouver generally established a rapport with both Indigenous peoples and European trappers. Historical records show Vancouver enjoyed good relations with native leaders both in Hawaii – with King
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issued a pair of 14-cent stamps to mark the 200th anniversary of Captain Cook's arrival at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island on 26 April 1978. George Vancouver was a crewman on this voyage.
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In the 1970s, Adrien Mansvelt, a former consul-general of the Netherlands based in Vancouver, published a collation of information in both historical and genealogical journals and in the
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Despite a long history of warfare between Britain and Spain, Vancouver maintained excellent relations with his Spanish counterparts and even fêted a Spanish sea captain aboard his ship
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as well as the Pacific Northwest and California. Vancouver's journals exhibit a high degree of sensitivity to the indigenous populations he encountered. He wrote of meeting the
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on 11 May 1792, after first sighting it on an earlier voyage in 1788. However, neither the Columbia River nor the Fraser River were included on any of Vancouver's charts.
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expedition preceding Vancouver by a year, had also missed the Fraser River although they knew from its muddy plume that there was a major river located nearby.
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during his exploration of the North American Pacific coast, in honour of his family's hometown of Coevorden. It is located at the western point of entry to
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anglicized his name and spent most of his time in England. By the eighteenth century, the estates of the van Couverdens were mostly in the Province of
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In the 16th century, a number of businessmen from the Coevorden area (and the rest of the Netherlands) moved to England. Some of them were known as
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There has been some debate about the origins of the Vancouver name. It is now commonly accepted that the name Vancouver derives from the expression
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While it is difficult to comprehend how Vancouver missed the Fraser River, much of this river's delta was subject to flooding and summer
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near Prince Rupert in northern British Columbia. Vancouver did eventually learn of the Columbia River before he finished his survey—from
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Coevorden: What connection does Vancouver have with Coevorden, an industrial town of about 20,000 in the northeast Netherlands?
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interactive Google map showing the path Vancouver followed during his 11-day survey of the southwest coast of British Columbia
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Vancouver also displayed contempt in his journals towards unscrupulous western traders who provided guns to natives, writing:
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King, J. C. H. (1994). "Vancouver's Ethnography: A Preliminary Description of Five Inventories from the Voyage of 1791–95".
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Peter Puget: Lieutenant on the Vancouver Expedition, fighting British naval officer, the man for whom Puget Sound was named
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in southeast Alaska in 1794 – these were the exceptions to Vancouver's exploration of the US and Canadian Northwest coast.
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Mansvelt, Adrien (1 September 1973) "Solving the Captain Vancouver mystery" and "The Original Vancouver in Old Holland",
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by only 48 days. He got to 56°30'N, having explored north from Point Menzies in Burke Channel to the northwest coast of
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The Admiralty instructed Vancouver to publish a narrative of his voyage which he started to write in early 1796 in
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in Canada organised a celebration to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Vancouver's birth, in June 2007 at the
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Cultural Affiliation and Lineal Descent of Chumash Peoples in the Channel Islands and the Santa Monica Mountains
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Vancouver faced difficulties when he returned home to England. The accomplished and politically well-connected
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their custom to visit the repositories of their dead, I did not think it right that it should be disturbed.
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which prevented the captain from spotting any of its great channels as he sailed the entire shoreline from
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Mystery man: The Canada Post stamp honouring Captain George Vancouver has created a buzz with collectors
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on 11 February 1782 for the West Indies. On 7 May 1782 he was appointed fourth lieutenant of the 74-gun
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colonials, it wouldn't have been part of Canada to begin with and Britain would be the poorer for it.
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George Vancouver (1757–2007). 250th Birth Anniversary, Survey of the Southwest Coast of BC, June 1792
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The Early Exploration of Inland Washington Waters: Journals and Logs from Six Expeditions, 1786–1792
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In 1771, at age 13, Vancouver entered the Royal Navy as a "young gentleman", a future candidate for
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doctor named John Naish claimed Vancouver died from kidney failure, while others believed it was a
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A portrait from the late 18th century by an unknown artist believed to depict George Vancouver
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King, Robert J. (2010). "George Vancouver and the contemplated settlement at Nootka Sound".
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in Essex. Those towns had a significant Flemish population in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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for the British. Proceeding to North America, Vancouver followed the coasts of present-day
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However, Vancouver failed to discover two of the largest and most important rivers on the
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complained that his servant had been pressed into service during a shipboard emergency;
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rather than Dutch; he believes that Vancouver is descended from the Vangover family of
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over the next nine days. Then, on his 35th birthday on 22 June 1792, he returned to
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Encountering the Unchartered and Back – three explorers: Ball, Vancouver and Burton
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With Vancouver in Inland Washington Waters: Journals of 12 Crewmen April–June 1792
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Sailing with Vancouver: A Modern Sea Dog, Antique Charts and a Voyage Through Time
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Vancouver named many features for his officers, friends, associates, and his ship
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Hume, Stephen (17 November 2007) "The Birth of Modern British Columbia Part 7",
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History pp. 139–40 (98–99) Accessed 18 June 2010
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Many places around the world have been named after George Vancouver, including:
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, 1791–1795
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Landauer, Lyndall Baker (2013). "George Vancouver". In Magill, Frank N. (ed.).
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: And Round the World, Volume 3
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: And Round the World, Volume 2
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: And Round the World, Volume 1
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, 1791–1795
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1796; another made by surgeon George Goodman Hewett (1765–1834) was donated by
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After a Spanish expedition in 1791, Vancouver was the second European to enter
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Mansvelt, Adrien (February 1975) "The Vancouver – Van Coeverden Controversy".
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by Robin Fisher and Gary Fiegehen. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 1992.
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edited by Richard W. Blumenthal. Published by McFarland & Company, 2007.
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edited by Richard W. Blumenthal. Published by McFarland & Company, 2004.
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Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
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newspaper. Mansvelt's theory was later presented by the city during the
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and Washington northward. In April 1792 he encountered American Captain
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to the British Museum in 1891. An account of these has been published.
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and proceeded further north, unknowingly missing the overland explorer
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on 17 March 1988. It was one of a set of four stamps issued to honour
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On Stormy Seas, The Triumphs and Torments of Captain George Vancouver
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Pynn, Larry (23 June 2007) "Native elder embraces captain's legacy",
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A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World
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developed, and Spain and Britain came close to war over ownership of
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by Bern Anderson. Published by University of Washington Press, 1966.
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The Vancouver Quarter Shopping Centre bears his name in King's Lynn.
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journal. Robson theorises that Vancouver's forebears may have been
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A Discovery Journal: George Vancouver's First Survey Season – 1792
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commissioned an expedition to the Pacific Northwest. In 1789, the
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by B. Guild Gillespie. Published by Horsdal & Schubart, 1992.
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Vancouver and his Great Voyage – The Story of a Norfolk Sailor
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A modern annotated edition (1984) by W. Kaye Lamb was renamed
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Many collections were made on the voyage: one was donated by
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placed a memorial plaque in the church in 1841. His grave in
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to take possession of Nootka Sound and to survey the coasts.
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off the coast of Oregon just prior to Gray's sailing up the
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by John E. Roberts. Published by Trafford Publishing, 2005.
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Vancouver's Voyage: Charting the Northwest Coast, 1791–1795
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Journal of the Voyages of the H.M.S. Discovery and Chatham
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Western Lives: A Biographical History Of The American West
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Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
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uncharted waters was generally impractical and dangerous.
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Upon his return to Britain in October 1780, Vancouver was
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Vancouver was born on 22 June 1757 in the seaport town of
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in Calgary and author of two books on Vancouver, states:
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ended the crisis in 1790, Vancouver was given command of
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by Sam McKinney. Published by Touchwood Editions, 2004.
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Godwin, George. "Captain George Vancouver, 1757–1798."
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European and American voyages of scientific exploration
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by Alison Gifford. Published by St. James Press, 1986.
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George Vancouver named the south point of what is now
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Statues of Vancouver are located in his birthplace of
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David, Andrew C. F. "Vancouver, George (1757–1798)".
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by Thomas Manby. Published by Ye Galleon Press, 1988.
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caricatured Pitt's street corner assault on Vancouver
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Baecklandt, David, "Was George Vancouver Flemish?",
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Pitt's allies, including his cousin, Prime Minister
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ran aground in early August 1792 on hidden rocks in
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London: Routledge. p. 1355. 2736:. 1 September 1799. pp. 33–38 – via 2265:Boyes, Valerie; Wintersinger, Natascha (2014). 1622: 1548: 1116: 1107: 1062: 1022: 2898:. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 2260: 2258: 2231: 2229: 2183:"Three Intrepid Explorers, Discovery Richmond" 1917:"Captain George Vancouver: original documents" 1141:during his 1792 trip to the Vancouver region. 1060:magazine's November/December 1999 issue that: 411:had recently taken command of the survey ship 3039: 2609:. W. Kaye Lamb (ed.). Hakluyt Society. 1984. 2131:McLendon, Sally and Johnson, John R. (1999). 2022:. W. Kaye Lamb (ed.). Hakluyt Society. 1984. 1802:. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 430. 8: 2909:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 1280:, the sixth highest mountain in New Zealand. 1083:Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest 915:had a competing claim for pay as expedition 275:, Drenthe province, Netherlands (Koevern in 2831:by E.C. Coleman. Published by Tempus, 2007. 2597:. London, Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson 2157:Vancouver, George; Vancouver, John (1801). 1207:, Cape Vancouver and Vancouver Breakers in 375:. Vancouver subsequently saw action at the 231:on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, 169:(22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British 3046: 3032: 3024: 2476: 2474: 2472: 2470: 2403: 2401: 2399: 2397: 2395: 2393: 2313: 2311: 2127: 2125: 1267:on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. 1051:Euroamerican sailing of the Columbia River 963:Vancouver's grave is in the churchyard of 627:on 13 June 1792, naming it for his friend 42: 31: 3229:Pre-Confederation British Columbia people 2805:Captain Vancouver: A Portrait of His Life 2760:. 7 November 1801. p. 1 – via 1798:Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). 2077: 2075: 1963:A Pictorial History of Vancouver, Book 1 1764:The Voyage of George Vancouver 1791–1795 1661:In 2006 John Robson, a librarian at the 1645:, and some of the family were living in 983:in view of its historical associations. 671:based on the 1791 exploratory voyage of 548:Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens 540:, the first on the expedition to spot it 2939:Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 2906:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2829:Captain Vancouver: North-West Navigator 2379: 2377: 1790: 1766:, and published in four volumes by the 1716:, in George Vancouver's report to King 1449:in 2003, it was denamed on transfer to 683:area before sailing separately towards 3103:Captain Vancouver Landing Site on Maui 2955:George Vancouver (1757–1798), Explorer 1923:from the original on 13 September 2016 969:London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 475:Departing England with two ships, HMS 455:British Columbia Legislative Buildings 347:as a lieutenant and posted aboard the 2110:from the original on 20 February 2021 1976:Wing, Robert; Newell, Gordon (1979). 1864:from the original on 20 December 2021 1354:British Columbia Parliament Buildings 1301:, near Petersham, his place of burial 7: 2753:"Vancouver's voyage round the world" 1527:, the firing of a gun salute by the 798:and charting parts of the coasts of 782:The next year, 1793, he returned to 587:and his wife Susannah, Lady Gardner. 563:, who explored its southern reaches. 2554:from the original on 23 August 2016 1401:Exploration of Canada – Recognizers 490:Western Australia, now the town of 209:. The expedition also explored the 3149:English explorers of North America 2758:London Courier and Evening Gazette 2657:from the original on 4 August 2016 2532:Mansvelt, Adrien (February 1973). 2294:National Heritage List for England 675:the year before, under command of 647:, the present-day location of the 569:– after his friend, Rear Admiral 453:statue of George Vancouver on the 239:on the Canadian–US border between 27:English naval explorer (1757–1798) 25: 3199:History of Bellingham, Washington 3134:18th-century Royal Navy personnel 2689:History of Metropolitan Vancouver 2243:from the original on 7 March 2016 2060:from the original on 10 June 2016 1872:– via Captain Cook Society. 1427:, operating on the route between 1395:issued a 37-cent stamp inscribed 979:, renovated in the 1960s, is now 3154:English explorers of the Pacific 3144:Burials at St Peter's, Petersham 3016: 2895:Dictionary of National Biography 2795:(D. Appleton and Company, 1931). 2520:The British Columbia Genealogist 1896:from the original on 5 June 2013 1352:, and on top of the dome of the 921:Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford 383:Spanish Empire-sponsored voyages 153: 3209:Military personnel from Norfolk 3194:Explorers of Washington (state) 3164:English people of Dutch descent 2629:"Origins of the Vancouver Name" 2209:Cave, Edward ("Sylvanus Urban") 1542:(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) Elder sɁəyeɬəq ( 1241:Vancouver Bay, British Columbia 422:to the 74-gun ship of the line 3139:18th-century English explorers 2788:(Douglas & McIntyre 2008). 2046:. UNM Press. pp. 97–101. 1961:Allen, Richard Edward (1982). 1919:. City of Vancouver Archives. 1569:, meaning "(originating) from 1377:and installed at the mouth of 1335:Statue of George Vancouver in 1011:Vancouver determined that the 735:. Broughton got as far as the 697:Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra 649:University of British Columbia 321:(1776–1780), this time aboard 243:and Alaska, and New Zealand's 1: 3174:Explorers of British Columbia 3070:Gate to the Northwest Passage 2968:The True Meaning of Vancouver 2504:: Thew & Son – via 2336:"In the Most Faithful Manner" 1582:. Others adopted the surname 1497:Gate to the Northwest Passage 1487:250th birthday commemorations 1467:(2000), Vancouver, Washington 1370:Gate to the Northwest Passage 1161:Halifax-class frigate of the 880:The Caneing in Conduit Street 317:. He also sailed with Cook's 2923:UK public library membership 2239:. The Captain Cook Society. 2040:Etulain, Richard W. (2004). 1915:Sue Bigelow (20 June 2013). 1397:Vancouver Explores the Coast 1247:resurveyed the area in 1860. 1174:47 RCSCC CAPTAIN VANCOUVER, 965:St Peter's Church, Petersham 3015:(public domain audiobooks) 2793:Vancouver A Life: 1757–1798 1263:, a river flowing into the 890:Impressed by the view from 701:Quadra and Vancouver Island 251:, are all named after him. 213:and the southwest coast of 173:officer best known for his 3255: 2781:(Sep 1957) 7#9 pp 605–609. 2450:Pynn, Larry (24 May 2007) 2334:Brown, Stephen R. (1999). 2220:, and Historical Chronicle 1800:Place Names of New Zealand 1556:Origins of the family name 1465:Statue of George Vancouver 1002:statue of George Vancouver 846:, explored to the head of 830:In 1794, he first went to 731:with several boats up the 468: 459:Victoria, British Columbia 311:(1772–1775) searching for 3009:Works by George Vancouver 2997:Retrieved on 11 June 2007 2960:30 September 2007 at the 2945:Works by George Vancouver 2885:"Vancouver, George"  2865:"Vancouver, George"  2762:British Newspaper Archive 2738:British Newspaper Archive 2694:28 September 2007 at the 2506:State Library of Victoria 1980:. Gray Beard Publishing. 1700:Works by George Vancouver 1521:Vancouver Maritime Museum 1481:Augustus Wollaston Franks 1387:Vancouver Maritime Museum 1287:, Fiordland, South Island 1234:Vancouver Maritime Museum 1176:Royal Canadian Sea Cadets 1075:Point Roberts, Washington 1056:Stephen R. Bown noted in 695:. The Spanish commander, 492:Albany, Western Australia 41: 2977:– Etymology of his name. 2973:12 November 2005 at the 2636:British Columbia History 2457:10 December 2007 at the 2218:The Gentleman's Magazine 1965:. Josten's Publications. 1696:in southeastern Alaska. 1667:British Columbia History 1529:Royal Canadian Artillery 1425:Captain George Vancouver 1183:19 December 2012 at the 973:The Hudson's Bay Company 928:William Pitt the Younger 768:Mission San Buenaventura 729:William Robert Broughton 657:Cayetano Valdés y Flores 617:Discovery Park (Seattle) 18:Captain George Vancouver 3219:People from King's Lynn 3179:Explorers of California 2871:Encyclopædia Britannica 894:, Vancouver retired to 653:Dionisio Alcalá Galiano 593:– after naval engineer 405:Pacific Northwest coast 387:In the late 1780s, the 245:fourth-highest mountain 2915:10.1093/ref:odnb/28062 2494:G.H. Anderson (1923). 2163:. London: J. Stockdale 2082:Rolle, Andrew (1987). 2007:9 October 2007 at the 1725: 1659: 1588:oxen fording (a river) 1553: 1505: 1458:commemorative monument 1340: 1170:Australian Navy Cadets 1121: 1112: 1067: 1027: 1018:Mount Royal University 1008: 952: 887: 792:Prince of Wales Island 739:, sighting and naming 723: 720:Queen Charlotte Strait 511:Strait of Juan de Fuca 509:Vancouver entered the 461: 235:in the United States, 3159:English hydrographers 3085:Vancouver, Washington 2729:"Review of new books" 2627:Robson, John (2006). 2367:BC Geographical Names 2085:California: A History 1889:World Digital Library 1848:Robson, John (2014). 1707: 1663:University of Waikato 1629:, in the Province of 1494: 1417:First Capital Connect 1334: 1312:Vancouver, Washington 1041:. 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Index

Captain George Vancouver

King's Lynn
Norfolk
England
Petersham
Surrey
Royal Navy
Captain
HMS Discovery
Vancouver Expedition

Captain
Royal Navy
1791–1795 expedition
Pacific Coast
Canadian province
British Columbia
U.S. states
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
California
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Vancouver Island
Vancouver
Vancouver River
Vancouver, Washington
Mount Vancouver

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