Transcript • George Vancouver came from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England. He joined the navy when he was 14 years old. He was the youngest.

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George Vancouver came from King’s Lynn, Norfolk,
England. He joined the navy when he was 14 years old.
He was the youngest. They called him a “young
gentleman”.
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When George Vancouver was sailing, he proved that
Vancouver Island was really an island. He spent almost
ten years on his fighting ships in the Caribbean. Then he
mapped the west coast of America from North of Mexico
to south of Alaska.
• When Captain George Vancouver was 14 years old, he learned how
to read French. But then Vancouver left the school and joined
Captain James Cook to learn how to sail and how to become a
seaman. Cook trained him to do these things. He learned mapping
skills from William Wales. They were looking for the Northwest
Passage. When Cook died, in 1780, Vancouver returned to London.
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In 1772, Vancouver joined the British Royal Navy. He spent a
year sailing in the English Channel and the North Sea. Then he set
sail for the West Indies. He arrived in the Caribbean in 1782 . Nine
years later, Britain sent him to control land in the Nootka Sound area
and look for the Northwest Passage. He also drew maps about the
northwest coast of America. This voyage took four years, from 17911795.
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In the 1790’s, Vancouver led the British naval expedition to the Pacific
Ocean to the North West coast of North America. He left Britain in April
1791. He came back in September of 1795. During these four years he
sailed with his two ships, the Discovery and Chatham, to Australia, New
Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, and up the coast of the U.S.
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Vancouver spent the winter in Hawaii where the temperature was really
warm. During his stay he made good friends with Kamehameha, the king of
all of the Hawaiian Islands. The friendship with the Hawaiians meant peace
between the Hawaiians and the British.
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Captain George Vancouver was very sick. It was very difficult for him to
return to the Britain. Before he died he was writing about his voyage, but he
was really ill and he had died before it was published. Captain George
Vancouver died May 10, 1798. He was only 40 years old when he died.