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See also:DIXON, See also:GEORGE (1755 ?–1800) , See also:English navigator. He served under See also:Captain See also:Cook in his:third expedition, during which he had an opportunity of learning the commercial capabilities of the See also:north-See also:west See also:coast of North See also:America. After his return from Cook's expedition he became a captain in the royal See also:navy. In the autumn of 1785 he sailed in the "See also:Queen See also:Charlotte," in the service of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King George's See also:Sound See also:Company of See also:London, to explore the shores of the See also:present See also:British See also:Columbia, with the See also:special See also:object of developing the See also:fur See also:trade. His See also:chief discoveries were those of Queen Charlotte's Islands and Sound (the latter only partial), See also:Port See also:Mulgrave, See also:Norfolk See also:Bay, and Dixon's Entrance and See also:Archipelago. After visiting See also:China, where he disposed of his See also:cargo, he returned to See also:England (1788), and published (1799) A Voyage See also:round the See also:World, but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America, the, bulk of which consists of descriptive letters by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Beresford, his See also:supercargo. His,own contribution to the See also:work included valuable charts and appendices. He is usually, though not with See also:absolute certainty, identified with the George Dixon who was author of The Navigato>as Assistant (1791) and teacher of See also:navigation at See also:Gosport.
End of Article: DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?–1800)
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