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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... VANCOUVER was the last of the discoverers, and the first of the explorers, of our northwest coast. His work was so thoroughly and well done that his charts were, for more than one hundred years, and in fact for most places along the coast still are, the reliance of sailors. Captain George Vancouver is supposed to have been bom in the year 1758. All that we know of this date is obtained from his tombstone in Petersham Churchyard, England, which bears the inscription "Died in the year 1798, age 40 years." He entered the British naval service in 1771, in which year he served with Captain Cook, as a midshipman, on his second voyage. He was also with him on his third voyage. After Cookis death he was made a lieutenant, and appointed to the sloop Martin, on board of which he continued until he was removed to the Fame, one of Lord Rodneyis fleet in the West Indies. In 1791 he was appointed to command his famous exploring expedition to our northwest coast. His squadron consisted of two ships, the Discovery, of four hundred tons, with a complement of one hundred men, and the armed tender Chatham, a much smaller ship, carrying forty-five men. The latter was commanded by Lieutenant William Robert Broughton. Vancouver was a true British sailor, loyal to his king, his flag and to all the traditions of his calling. He was proud of the uniform he wore, and of the commission which he carried, as he had a right to be, for he had won them by arduous and honest service. He was proud also of his command, as he deserved to be, and fully realized that he had been sent on one of the most important expeditions of the kind that any country had ever prepared. More than all he was proud of a certain diplomatic duty he was sent to perform, and he would take care to...
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