DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?1800)

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DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?1800) , English navigator. He served under Captain Cook in his:third expedition, during which he had an opportunity of learning the commercial capabilities of the north-west

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

of North America. After his return from Cook's expedition he became a captain in the royal navy. In the autumn of 1785 he sailed in the "Queen Charlotte," in the service of the King George's Sound Company of London, to explore the shores of the present British Columbia, with the

special

SPECIAL

object of developing the fur trade. His

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

discoveries were those of Queen Charlotte's Islands and Sound (the latter only partial), Port

Mulgrave

MULGRAVE, EARLDOM OF

, Norfolk Bay, and

Dixon

DIXON
DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?–1800)
DIXON,
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G.
  heim
  - HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
  - HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
  , the Eng.
  home
  - HOME
  - HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
  - HOME, EARLS OF
  , and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HALL (1822-1870)
DIXON, RICHARD WATSON (1833-1900)
DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (1821-1879)

's Entrance and Archipelago. After visiting China, where he disposed of his cargo, he returned to England (1788), and published (1799) A Voyage round the World, but more particularly to the North-West

Coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

of America, the, bulk of which consists of descriptive letters by William Beresford, his supercargo. His,own contribution to the

work

WORK

included valuable charts and appendices. He is usually, though not with absolute certainty, identified with the George

Dixon

DIXON
DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?–1800)
DIXON,
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G.
  heim
  - HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
  - HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
  , the Eng.
  home
  - HOME
  - HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
  - HOME, EARLS OF
  , and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HALL (1822-1870)
DIXON, RICHARD WATSON (1833-1900)
DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (1821-1879)

who was author of The Navigato>as Assistant (1791) and teacher of navigation at

Gosport

GOSPORT

.

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