George Vancouver

George Vancouver
A portrait from the late 18th century by an unknown artist believed to depict George Vancouver
Born	(1757-06-22)22 June 1757 King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Died	10 May 1798(1798-05-10) (aged 40) Petersham, Surrey, England
Allegiance	Great Britain
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Captain
Commands held	HMS Discovery (Vancouver Expedition, 1791–1795)
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Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. The expedition also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.

Vancouver Island, the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Vancouver River on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Vancouver, Washington in the United States, Mount Vancouver on the Canadian–US border between Yukon and Alaska, and New Zealand's fourth-highest mountain, also Mount Vancouver,^[1] are all named after him.