British Captain 'George Vancouver'...
Henrik Sedin was the last defenseman to be the captain on the Vancouver Canucks.
It is named after Captain George Vancouver.
Captain Vancouver entered Burrard Inlet on June 13th, 1792.
Vancouver is a city. At least Vancouver, BC, Canada is anyway.
William Van Horne named it after Captain George Vancouver, who had explored much of the area.
Vancouver was named after Captain George Vancouver. He explored much of the coastline, but did not found any settlements in Vancouver.
Spanish captain Bodega y Quadra and British captain George Vancouver met near Vancouver Island. There meeting was a friendly one, and Captain Quadra proposed that the Island be named Quadra and Vancouver Island, which they both agreed upon. Spanish influence later disappeared, so the name of the island was eventually shortened to Vancouver Island.
The captain of the Discovery was a man called Captain George Vancouver
Captain George Vancouver originally reached Vancouver Island in 1776 as master of the Endeavor, one of three ships commanded by Captain James Cook on his explorations of the Pacific Ocean. Vancouver returned to Vancouver Island as captain of the Discovery in 1788, on a mapping expedition of the coastline north of the Columbia River delta.
George Vancouver joined Captain Cook's crew on his secondjourney, which was from July 1772 to July 1775.
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