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Welcome to the world George
George Vancouver was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, in June 22. He was the son of a customs officer. -
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Vancouver's LifeSpan
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Navy Here I come
George Vancouver joined the royal navy as an able seaman aand sailed with James Cook in HMS Resolution on Cook's second voyage to the Pacific from 1772 - 1775 -
LAND HOME!!!
Vancouver returns to England from Cook's last voyage. -
Living the Lieutenant life
Gerge Vancouver was promoted to Lieutenant. -
Caribbean and North
Was stationed in the Northern Seas and the Caribbean. -
Returning again
George Vancouver returned to England in 1783. -
Back to to the New World
In 1789 Vancouver was ordered to sail in HMS Discovery on a voyage to plant a small British settlement on the north-west coast of North America to aid British maritime fur traders. -
The Commander
Vancouver was in command of the HMS Discorevy as of Dec. 15 1790. -
Reaching Nootka
Vancouver reached Nootka. -
No Passage all fame
In 1792 in a harbor near Cook inlet, Alaska, as shown in Voyage de Vancouver. In 1792 George Vancouver took his discovery around the Cape of good hope to the Northwestern coast of North America. There he became the first man to accurately and to announce positively that no Northwestern Passage existed south of the Arctic Ocean. -
I am the boss here
George Vancouver was promoted to captain. -
Black as the depth of the sea
Vancouver Died