Description:
(Explorer, Officer) Captain George Vancouver, a prominent British Royal Navy officer, led an expedition from 1791 to 1795 that extensively mapped the northwestern Pacific Coast regions of North America. His exploration covered present-day British Columbia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California, along with the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia. Vancouver made significant contributions to navigation and cartography, leading to the naming of various geographical landmarks after him, such as Vancouver Island, the city of Vancouver, and Mount Vancouver along the Canadian-US border.
