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After exploring the northwest coast of America in 1792, what piece of land was named in his honor?

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He arrived at the northwest coast of America in 1792 and for three years (1792-94) explored and surveyed it. In the course of his journeys he circumnavigated the island now called Vancouver Island in his honor.

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