George Vancouver (1757 - 1798)

Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British officer of the Royal Navy best known for his 1791–95 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 as well as the American states of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon He also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.