See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• VANCOUVER
• GEORGE VANCOUVER (c. 1758-1798)

VANCOUVER (c. 1758-1798)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English navigator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1758 . He entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of thirteen, and accompanied See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook in his second (1772–74) and third (1776–8o) voyages of See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery . After serving for several years in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, both under See also:

• RODNEY, GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, BARON (1718—1792)

Rodney (his See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in the See also:

• ACTION

action of the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1782) and under Alan See also:

• GARDNER
• GARDNER, PERCY (1846– )

Gardner (1786–89), See also:

• VANCOUVER
• VANCOUVER, GEORGE (c. 1758-1798)

Vancouver, on Gardner's recommendation, was appointed to command an expedition to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AMERICA

America, to take over from the Spaniards the territory they had seized (and, subsequently relinquished) in that region, to explore the coast from 30° N. See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round to Cook's See also:

• RIVER

River (or Inlet), to See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search for an eastward passage to the See also:

• GREAT

great lakes, and to ascertain the true See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of Juan de Fuca Strait . Vancouver, accompanied by See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant See also:

• BROUGHTON, HUGH (1549-1612)
• BROUGHTON, JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BARON (1786-1869)

Broughton, See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• FALMOUTH

Falmouth on the 1st of April 1791, and proceeded by way of the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope to See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, where he carefully surveyed See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west coast, especially See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George's See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound, whose value as a See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour he pointed out . He next made for Dusky See also:

• BAY

Bay, New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand (which he was the first properly to explore), and thence sailing north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, discovered Oparo Islet (27° 36' S.; 144° 12' W.), and on the 3oth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December reached See also:

• TAHITI

Tahiti, where he was again joined by Broughton, who mean-while had discovered See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island . After staying about three See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks at Tahiti and several weeks at the Hawaiian Islands, Vancouver on the 18th of April 1792 sighted the west coast of North America (See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, then known as New See also:

• ALBION
• ALBION (in Ptolemy 'A)wviw; Lat. Albion, Pliny 4.16[301,102)

Albion) in 39° 27' N . He examined the coast up to 52° 18' N. with See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute care, See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying all inlets, discovering the Gulf of See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, and circumnavigating Vancouver Island (named after him) . After another visit (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February–See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1793) to the Hawaiian Islands, in whose races and affairs he took great See also:

• INTEREST

interest, Vancouver resumed his exploration of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American coast in April, surveying north to 56° N., and south (past the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish Californian settlements) to 35° N . During a fresh stay at the Hawaiian Islands (See also:

• JANUARY

January–March 1794) Vancouver accepted their submission to Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, but his See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation seems never to have been officially ratified . Quitting the See also:

• GROUP

group again in March 1994, Vancouver sailed, by See also:

• CHERNIGOV

Chernigov Island and Kodiak Island, to Cook's Inlet, which was now proved to be no river . After a fresh survey of much of the coast north of See also:

• SAN

San Francisco, Vancouver set out homewards via Cape See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn and St See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1794 . On the way he made a careful examination of Cape St See also:

• LUCAS, CHARLES (1713–1771)
• LUCAS, JOHN SEYMOUR (1849– )
• LUCAS, SIR CHARLES (d. 1648)

Lucas, the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern point of See also:

• LOWER

Lower California, the Galapagos Islands and some other points .

He reached the mouth of the See also:

• SHANNON
• SHANNON, CHARLES HAZELWOOD (1865- )
• SHANNON, JAMES JEBUSA (1862- )

Shannon on the 13th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1795 (the See also:

• THAMES

Thames on the loth of October), and immediately set about the preparation of his narrative; but he died at See also:

• PETERS (or PETER), HUGH (1598–166o)
• PETERS, KARL (1856– )

Peters-See also:

• HAM

ham in See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey on the loth of May 1798, before he had completed his task . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, assisted by See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• PUGET, PIERRE (1622-1694)

Puget, published the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record in r 798 . See A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the See also:

• WORLD

World . . . in 1790-5 . . under Captain George Vancouver, 3 vols . (1798), with an See also:

• ATLAS

atlas of maps and plates .