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]
<Other History>
Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 10 | 15.00 | 90% | 60% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Texas A | Claremont A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |