1774
Country: Spain
Explorer: Juan Perez
Ships: Santiago
Area Explored: Reached Queen Charlotte Islands and the west coast of Vancouver Island.
1775
Country: Spain
Explorer: Bruno de Hezeta and Bodega y Quadra
Ships: Santiago & Sonora
Area Explored: Reached southern Alaska.
1778
Country: Britain
Explorer: James Cook
Ships: Resolution & Discovery
Area Explored: Nootka Sound & Alaska.
1779
Country: Spain
Explorer: Ignacio Arteaga and Bodega y Quadra
Ships: Favorita & Princesa
Area Explored: Alaska.
1786
Country: France
Explorer: La Pérouse
Ships: Boussole & Astrolabe
Area Explored: Alaska.
1788
Country: Spain
Explorer: Estevan José Martinez and Lopez de Haro
Ships: Princesa & San Carlos
Area Explored: Reached Alaska, Lopez turned back.
1790
Country: Spain
Explorer: Manuel Quimper
Ships: Princesa Real
Area Explored: Juan de Fuca, Sooke, Esquimalt.
1791
Country: Spain
Explorer: Ramon Saavedra and Jose Maria Narvaez
Ships: San Carlos & Santa Santurnina
Area Explored: Juan de Fuca, Strait of Georgia.
Country: Spain
Explorer: Alejandro Malaspina and Jose Bustamante y Guerra
Ships: Atrevida & Descubierta
Area Explored: Alaska.
1792
Country: Britain
Explorer: Vancouver and Broughton
Ships: Discovery & Chatham
Area Explored: California coast, Puget Sound, Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island.
Country: Spain
Explorer: Galiano and Valdes
Ships: Sutil & Mexicana
Area Explored: Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island.
1793
Country: Britain
Explorer: Vancouver and Broughton
Ships: Discovery & Chatham
Area Explored: California coast, Alaska Panhandle.
1794
Country: Britain
Explorer: Vancouver and Broughton
Ships: Discovery & Chatham
Area Explored: Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound.