George Vancouver

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Royal Navy officer explorer human

George Vancouver was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his detailed surveys of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Joseph Whidbey 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activityPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
burialPlace St Peter's Church, Petersham ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
commanded HMS Chatham ⓘ
HMS Discovery ⓘ
commissionedBy Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Admiralty
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1757-06-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1798-05-10 ⓘ
employer Royal Navy ⓘ
explored Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ
Georgia Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Georgia

Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca

coast of Alaska ⓘ
coast of British Columbia ⓘ
familyName Vancouver ⓘ
fieldOfWork cartography ⓘ
hydrography ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
fullName George Vancouver self-link ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
knownFor charting the coastlines of present-day Alaska, British Columbia, and the U.S. Pacific Northwest ⓘ
detailed hydrographic surveys ⓘ
exploration of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Captain ⓘ
namesakeOf Vancouver ⓘ
surface form: City of Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver, Washington ⓘ
surface form: City of Vancouver, Washington

Mount Vancouver ⓘ
Vancouver Island ⓘ
Vancouver Peninsula (various localities) ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Vancouver Expedition ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
participatedIn Second voyage of James Cook ⓘ
Third voyage of James Cook ⓘ
Vancouver Expedition ⓘ
surface form: Vancouver Expedition (1791–1795)
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
King's Lynn ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
servedUnder James Cook ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Whidbey Island → discoveredBy → George Vancouver ⓘ
Mount St. Helens → discoveredByEuropeans → George Vancouver ⓘ
Northwest Passage → exploredBy → George Vancouver ⓘ
Oregon Country → exploredBy → George Vancouver ⓘ
George Vancouver → fullName → George Vancouver self-link ⓘ
Third voyage of James Cook → includedPerson → George Vancouver ⓘ
Vancouver → namedAfter → George Vancouver ⓘ
Vancouver Island → namedAfter → George Vancouver ⓘ
Vancouver, Washington → namedAfter → George Vancouver ⓘ
Whidbey Island → namedAfter → George Vancouver ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Whidbey
Mount Baker → namedBy → George Vancouver ⓘ
Mount Rainier → namedBy → George Vancouver ⓘ