"Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go." James Cook
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| VIEW | David Thompson in Alberta 1785-1812 |
VIEW | David Thompson on the Columbia River 1807-1812 |
| VIEW | David Thompson in Central North America1785-1812 |
VIEW | David Thompson in the Eastern Townships 1834 |
| VIEW | The Travels of Charlotte Small Thompson 1799-1812 |
VIEW | Simon Fraser in British Columbia 1805-1808 |
| VIEW | Posts and Forts of the Canadian Fur Trade 1600-1870 |
VIEW | Peter Fidler in Western Canada 1789-1822 |
| VIEW | Unexpected Encounters in Western North America |
VIEW | Unexpected Encounters in California |
| VIEW | Birthplace Distribution of Canadian NHL PLayers |
VIEW | Birthplace Distribution of American MLB Players |
| VIEW | In Search of the Passage to China 1747-1811 |
VIEW | George Vancouver's Voyages of Discovery 1792-1794 |
Captain George Vancouver's Voyages of Discovery 1792-1794
Between the middle 18th and early 19th centuries, explorations were underway for the elusive North West Passage as a route to the Far East for the purpose of commerce.
While efforts to complete this were under way along the eastern seaboard of North America with no success, a backdoor to that passage was being sought out along the pacific coast.
A detailed survey of the coast of North America would not occur however until 1792 with the efforts of an expedition under the command of Captain George Vancouver. His ships,
the sloop of war HMS Discovery and the armed tender HMS Chatham, would be the first to complete an rigorous survey of the Pacific Coast ever under taken. Vancouver’s ‘Voyage of Discovery’
would occur between 1792 and 1794 and would finally be the definitive determination of a nonexistent North West Passage in the lower latitudes.
Although this determination would confirm that a sea route was non-existent, it would spur on trading companies and nations to search for the Inland Passage to China. Within the
final product, explorations undertaken by the Discovery and Chatham are highlighted and dated along with the explorations conducted by their crews.
The research is now nearly completed and the thematic map is in the design phase. After consultation with historians, the map will be released for publication.
See Arcturus Consulting Limited for this map and others on the exploration of western North America
including the map ‘In Search of the Passage to China 1747-1811’.
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HMS Discovery & HMS Chatham at Nootka Sound 1792 |
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