George Vancouver
George Vancouver
Captain George Vancouverwas an English officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his 1791–95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. He also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth22 June 1757
George Vancouver quotes about
advantages continued embrace prevailing pursuit worthy
Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze.