Vansittart Island

Vansittart Island (50˚54'58" 127˚48'07" E of Hope I, between Bate Passage and Shadwell Passage, off N end of Vancouver I), Vansittart Point (50˚23'00" 125˚45'00" S side of W Thurlow I, Johnstone Str, NW of Campbell R). Capt Nicholas Vansittart (1820–59) entered the RN at the tender age of 12 and was a lt by 22. He spent much time in E Asia, serving with distinction in the Opium Wars and also in Borneo. He was capt of HMS Magicienne during the Crimean War and the 2nd Opium War, and died at...

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