Corbin Reiff

Corbin Reiff is a writer and author based in Seattle, Washington. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Outside magazine, the Ringer, Billboard and the Seattle Times.

In the late 18th century, George Vancouver and his crew systematically sighted 75 geographical features in the Pacific Northwest, giving them entirely new names based on European taxonomy and imperial ambitions.

How Captain George Vancouver Mapped and Shaped the Modern Pacific Northwest

The British explorer named dozens of geographical features and sites in the region, ignoring the traditions of the Indigenous peoples who’d lived there for millennia

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