hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Matching Documents
The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.
Document | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 1 | Browse | Search |
View all matching documents... |
Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for George A. Cook or search for George A. Cook in all documents.
Your search returned 2 results in 2 document sections:
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Dakota, State of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vancouver , George 1758 - (search)
Vancouver, George 1758-
Navigator; born in England about 1758; accompanied Captain Cook in his last two voyages.
In 1790 he was made master in the royal navy, and was sent out in command of the Discovery to ascertain whether in North America, between lat. 30° and 60° N., there was any interior sea or water communication between the known gulfs of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
He sailed from England in April, 1791, and in the spring of 1792 crossed from the Sandwich Islands to the American coast, when Nootka was surrendered by the Spaniards, in accordance with previous arrangements.
He did not find the soughtfor waters, and returned to London, late in 1795, with shattered health.
His name was given to a large island on the western coast of North America.
He devoted himself to the arrangement of his manuscripts for publication, and the narrative of his voyages, published in 3 volumes after his death, was edited by his brother.
He died near London, May 10, 179