英语翻译乔治·温哥华（1757年6月22日－1798年5月12日）,英国皇家海军军官.以其对北美太平洋海岸（即现时加拿大卑诗省和美国华盛顿、俄勒冈及阿拉斯加州对出海岸）的勘测活动而出名.温哥

英语翻译乔治·温哥华（1757年6月22日－1798年5月12日）,英国皇家海军军官.以其对北美太平洋海岸（即现时加拿大卑诗省和美国华盛顿、俄勒冈及阿拉斯加州对出海岸）的勘测活动而出名.温哥
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乔治·温哥华（1757年6月22日－1798年5月12日）,英国皇家海军军官.以其对北美太平洋海岸（即现时加拿大卑诗省和美国华盛顿、俄勒冈及阿拉斯加州对出海岸）的勘测活动而出名.温哥华出生于诺福克郡,15岁时即随詹姆斯·库克船长远航太平洋.其后,他作为英国海军的一员,参与了在西印度群岛对法国舰队的作战.1789年,英国和西班牙为争夺西北北美洲的殖民权发生冲突,温哥华被派往努特卡湾服役.当这一危机解除后,温哥华受命率发现号军舰对努特卡湾和附近海岸进行勘查以宣示主权.1792年,当温哥华沿着今日俄勒冈州和华盛顿州海岸北上时,遇到了美国海军船长罗伯特·格雷.格雷其后转而溯哥伦比亚河而上,勘测内地.温哥华接着北上,考察了分割温哥华岛和北美大陆的胡安·德富卡海峡.结束考察以后,他前往努特卡湾,接受按照两国协定而由西班牙返还给英国的定居点房屋.当年冬天,他前往加利福尼亚海岸,其间曾一度前往夏威夷群岛过冬并考察.1793年,温哥华再一次向北航行,最远到达北纬56度,当年冬天再次前往夏威夷越冬.1794年,他又一次向北考察,到达了库克湾,此后率船经合恩角回国.在温哥华的考察报告中,他指出西北航道不存在于大家原以为的纬度.为了纪念他的功绩,北美太平洋西北地区多处地方以其名命名,包括温哥华岛和两个温哥华市（一个位於卑诗省,另一个则位于华盛顿州）等等

英语翻译乔治·温哥华（1757年6月22日－1798年5月12日）,英国皇家海军军官.以其对北美太平洋海岸（即现时加拿大卑诗省和美国华盛顿、俄勒冈及阿拉斯加州对出海岸）的勘测活动而出名.温哥
George Vancouver (June 22, 1757 -1798 on 12 May), the British Royal Navy officer. Its Pacific coast of North America (now British Columbia, Canada and the United States Washington, Oregon and Alaska on the coast) and surveying activities and famous. Vancouver was born in Norfolk, at age 15, with Captain James Cook sailing the Pacific Ocean. Since then, he, as a member of the British Navy, was involved in the French West Indies fleet operations. In 1789, the United Kingdom and Spain for the right to compete for colonization of North America Northwest conflict, Vancouver was sent to Nootka Bay service. When the lifting of the crisis, Vancouver was ordered to rate warship found near the coast of Nootka Bay and conduct a survey of the declaration of sovereignty. 1792, when Vancouver today along the coast of Oregon and Washington northward, encountered a U.S. Navy Captain Robert Gray. Gray then turned to the Columbia River and on the prospective, investigation in the Mainland. Vancouver went north to study the segmentation of Vancouver Island and the North American continent Juan de Fuca Strait. End of the visit, he went to Nootka Bay, received in accordance with the agreement between the two countries returned to the UK by the Spanish settlements housing. That winter, he went to the California coast, once during the winter and look to the Hawaiian Islands. 1793, Vancouver, sailed north again, the farthest reaches 56 degrees north latitude, when the winter, winter to Hawaii again. 1794, he again inspected the north, reached the Cook Inlet, then rates of return shipping via Cape Horn. In Vancouver, the inspection report, he pointed out that the Northwest Passage do not exist in all the latitude of thought. To commemorate his achievements, many parts of the Pacific Northwest in North America for its named, including the City of Vancouver Vancouver Island and two (one in British Columbia and the other in Washington), and so on.