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  1. George Vancouver. Kapten George Vancouver RN (22 Juni 1757 – 10 Mei 1798) adalah seorang perwira Inggris dari Angkatan Laut Britania Raya, yang terkenal dengan ekspedisi 1791-95, yang menjelajahi dan memetakan wilayah Pantai Pasifik barat laut Amerika Utara, termasuk pantai-pantai Alaska, British Columbia, Washington dan Oregon.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. May 9, 2024 · Died: May 10, 1798, Richmond, Surrey (aged 40) George Vancouver (born June 22, 1757, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England—died May 10, 1798, Richmond, Surrey) was an English navigator who, with great precision, completed one of the most difficult surveys ever undertaken, that of the Pacific coast of North America, from the vicinity of San ...

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  5. Jan 7, 2008 · George Vancouver, naval officer, explorer (b at King's Lynn, Eng 22 June 1757; d at Petersham, London, Eng 12 May 1798). Vancouver was with James COOK on his expeditions to the South Seas (1772-75) and the NORTHWEST COAST (1776-80). In 1790 an expedition was planned to explore that coast.

  6. Cook's Officers And Crew And Contemporaries. George Vancouver (1757-1798) Part 1: Introduction and early career. George Vancouver statue outside the Customs House, King’s Lynn. George Vancouver was the greatest of James Cook’s protégés. In the 1790s he led a British naval expedition to the Pacific Ocean and the northwest coast of North ...

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  8. George Vancouver (1757–1798) George Vancouver (1757-1798), naval officer and hydrographer, was born on 22 June 1757 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, the youngest of five children of John Jasper Vancouver (d.1773) and his wife Bridget (d.1768), daughter of William Berners whose forbears included Sir Richard Grenville.

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