![Cook's ship moored in Resolution Cove, Nootka Sound, British Columbia](../../obj/h24/f1/c011201-v1.jpg) |
Cook's ship moored in Resolution Cove, Nootka Sound, British Columbia
© National Archives of Canada/C-011201
Source: National Archives of Canada
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![Map showing the route of Cook's first voyage, September 13, 1768 to July 13, 1771, on which he travelled to the South Pacific and also mapped the coast of New Zealand](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000872-v1.jpg) |
Cook's first voyage was to the South Pacific Ocean
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing the route of Cook's second voyage, July 13, 1772 - July 29, 1775, on which he tried to found out if there was land at the South Pole](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000873-v1.jpg) |
During his second voyage, Cook tried to find out if there was land at the South Pole
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Native of King George's Sound](../../obj/h24/f1/nlc000728-v1.jpg) |
Native of King George's Sound
© Public Domain
An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke,… W. Ellis. London: Printed for G. Robinson, J. Sewell and J. Debrett, 1782.
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing the route of Cook's third voyage, from Great Britain to the Pacific coast of North America and then north into the Arctic Ocean, July 12, 1776 - October 1780](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000871-v1.jpg) |
During his third voyage to try and find the Northwest Passage, Cook became the first European to land on Vancouver Island
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Source: National Library of Canada
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![View of habitations, Nootka Sound](../../obj/h27/f1/nlc004674-v1.jpg) |
View of habitations, Nootka Sound
© Public Domain
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern West Side of North America…; James Cook and James King. London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol, and T. Cadell, 1784.
Source: National Library of Canada
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![George Vancouver](../../obj/h24/f1/xx000680-v1.jpg) |
George Vancouver
© B.C. Archives
Image courtesy of B.C. Archives -PDP02252
Source: B.C. Archives, Visual Records Catalogue
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![The Discovery on the rocks in Queen Charlotte's Sound](../../obj/h3/f1/c012267-v1.jpg) |
The Discovery on the rocks in Queen Charlotte's Sound
© Public Domain
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific, and Round the World...; George Vancouver. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1801
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing the route of Vancouver's voyage, April 1, 1791 - October 1795, beginning north of San Francisco and travelling up the west coast of North America](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000976-v1.jpg) |
Vancouver and his expedition members mapped the west coast of North America from what is now northern Mexico to present-day British Columbia
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
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