• Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition...
  • Biography of George Vancouver, English navigator who surveyed the Pacific coast of North America.
  • After a Spanish expedition in 1791, George Vancouver was the second European to enter Burrard Inlet on 13 June 1792, naming it for his friend Sir Harry Burrard.
  • George Vancouver was born in England and at the age of 13 began his naval career as an able seaman under Capt. James Cook on the Resolution.
  • George Vancouver, naval officer, explorer (b at King's Lynn, Eng 22 June 1757; d at Petersham, London, Eng 12 May 1798).
  • George Vancouver was an English navigator and explorer who made significant contributions to maritime cartography.
  • Vancouver’s Survey Methods and Surveys.” In Robin Fisher and Hugh Johnson, eds., From Maps to Metaphors: The Pacific World of George Vancouver.
  • Today, George Vancouver is born in mind as one of the best explorers and also cartographers of the 18th century.
  • Vancouver's brother, Charles, is said to have taken revenge for Pitt's assault on George and beat Pitt in public until he had to be restrained by others.
  • (tr) Stephen R. Bown, Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver , Douglas & McIntyre, 2008.