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GEORGE DIXON (1755 ?–1800)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 347 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE See also:DIXON (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 See also: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 See also: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 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 .

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