Cook's second voyage round the world between 1772 and 1775 and as a midshipman
on his third voyage between 1776 and 1780. He then saw service in the West Indies.
In 1791 he was placed in charge of an expedition to the north-west coast of North
America to seek for a passage to the interior of the continent which was rumoured to
exist in those parts. On the outward voyage by the Cape of Good Hope, a portion of
the south-west coastline of Australia was searched and Tasmania, New Zealand and
Hawaii were visited. Vancouver spent about three years in carefully surveying the
west coast of North America. He was the first to circumnavigate Vancouver Island, to
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