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How Captain George Vancouver Mapped and Shaped the Modern Pacific Northwest
The expedition’s captain, a 34-year-old naval veteran named George Vancouver, had reached this same exact spot 14 years ...
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George V statue’s lopped head shown alight on barbecue
Police and the City of Melbourne are hunting for the head of a King George V statue after footage ... the lead-up to Australia Day. A bronze statue of Captain Cook was cut off at the ankles ...
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Alaskan comb with bird-like design
This comb was collected in 1794 during the voyage of Captain George Vancouver (born King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1757)The comb was collected at Cross Sound, southern Alaska, in July 1794 during Captain ...