Question

The Pacific Ocean was one of the last places in the world to be fully mapped out by European explorers. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this British explorer who charted the Pacific Northwest coast during his expedition launched during the Nootka Crisis. An island named for this explorer was a notable exception of the parallel set by the 1846 Oregon Treaty.
ANSWER: George Vancouver
[10e] James Cook was killed on these islands after attempting to kidnap a local chieftain after failing to find the Northwest Passage in 1779. These islands became a kingdom under Kamehameha I.
ANSWER: Hawaiian Islands [accept Hawaii or Sandwich Islands]
[10h] This French explorer gave his name to many places across the Pacific during his 1785 voyage in the region, including the strait between Hokkaidō and Sakhalin and a bay on Maui, before his disappearance in the Solomon Islands in 1788.
ANSWER: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Perouse [accept either underlined part; accept La Perouse strait]
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Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)010010
Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)1010020
UNC A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)1010020
Liberty B (DII)GWU A (UG)010010
Liberty C (DII)JMU B (UG)0000
Maryland A (Grad)UNC C (UG)1010020
Virginia B (UG)William & Mary A (UG)010010
Maryland B (UG)Maryland C (DII)1010020
JMU A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)1010020
UNC B (UG)Virginia A (UG)1010020