After sailing on James Cook's second and third voyages, he visited the Hawaiian islands, where his presentation of the British flag to Kamehameha led to the Union Jack's inclusion in the Hawaiian flag.
His most famous voyage was inspired in part to take over the territory at Nootka Sound, and his book describing the voyage was completed on his death by his lieutenant, Peter Puget, for whom this man named Puget Sound. After sailing on James Cook's second and third voyages, he visited the Hawaiian islands, where his presentation of the British flag to Kamehameha led to the Union Jack's inclusion in the Hawaiian flag. He then conducted a detailed survey of the western coast of North America from 1792-94. FTP, who was this British explorer for whom a large island off the coast of British Columbia is now named?
His most famous voyage was inspired in part to take over the territory at Nootka Sound, and his book describing the voyage was completed on his death by his lieutenant, Peter Puget, for whom this man named Puget Sound.
George Vancouver