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Brother\u00a0George Vancouver<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 22nd 1757 \u2013 May 10th 1798<\/p>\n

English officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his 1791\u201395 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.<\/p>\n

In Canada, Vancouver Island<\/a> and the city Vancouver<\/a> are named after him, as are Vancouver, Washington<\/a>, in the United States, Mount Vancouver<\/a> on the Yukon<\/a>\/Alaska border, and New Zealand’s sixth highest mountain.<\/p>\n

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HMS Discovery (1789)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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