Captain Vancouver: North-West Navigator
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752438921 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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excellent Deirdre Heather excellent --- a fascinating read. I really enjoyed this well written book and would not hesitate in recommending it to others.. Capt Vancouver's remarkable rim travels It was a delight to hear that the first full scale biography of Captain George Vancouver had been commissioned in 2000 just after the two hundredth anniversary of his death in the village of Petersham, Richmond, Surrey. This work has now been reprinted and makes remarkable reading. It is about a man who is not widely known, but whose exploits exhibited the strengths of patience, determination and perseverance which are such `foreign' considerations to so many today.George Vancouver is buried in historic St Peter's Church yard in Petersham, just up-river from Richmond. He came to th
Vancouver was sent with two ships to explore the coast and to claim land for Britain. His remarkably accurate survey of the coast was to set a standard that lasted over a century, and he returned with new lands discovered and the sovereignty of Hawaii in his pocket. The burden of that survey was to fall on George Vancouver, one of his midshipmen. When Captain Cook set out to seek a western entrance to the fabled North West Passage, his instructions allowed him no more than the briefest contact with the coast of northwest America. He returned to a land at war and was soon forgotten in all but his native Kings Lynn. But his name has been immortalized on shores far from home.
During the 1990s he mounted three arctic expeditions in search of evidence of the fate of Franklin and his 1848 expedition to find the North West Passage. Coleman was born in 1943 and entered the Royal navy as a Junior 2nd Class. Thirty-six years later, having seen the world from the decks of aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, he retired. About the Author E.C.
Coleman was born in 1943 and entered the Royal navy as a Junior 2nd Class. During the 1990s he mounted three arctic expeditions in search of evidence of the fate of Franklin and his 1848 expedition to find the North West Passage. E.C. . Thirty-six years later, having seen the world from the decks of aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, he retired