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May 10, 1798
George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (born 1757)
George Vancouver
Captain George Vancouver was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what became the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California. The expedition also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.
May 10
May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 235 days remain until the end of the year.