A Map Showing the Voyages of Captain Vancouver
EXPLORER: Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798)
FROM: Britain
SAILED WITH: William Broughton (1762-1821)
IMPORTANT DATES: embarked 1791; reached Pacific Northwest and circumnavigated Vancouver Island, met with Bodega y Quadra in 1792; made for Prince William Sound in 1794; returned to England in 1795
VOYAGE: sea
VESSELS: Discovery and Chatham
POTENTIAL PURPOSE: charting to complete Cook’s survey from Russia to Spanish California; implementation of Nootka Sound Convention; search for a Northwest Passage
