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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832 NRA: Lyon George Francis (1795-1832) Captain RN Traveller DNB: Lyon, George Francis [alias Said-ben-Abdallah] (1795-1832), naval officer and explorer LBT ID: GeLyon1832 VIAF ID: 29647788 LOC ID: n88668699 | B/BAP: 1795 DIED: 1832-10-08 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
English explorer educated at Charles Burney's naval academy, Gosport; he engaged on
Joseph Ritchie's failed expedition in 1819 in North Africa and Parry's second arctic
expedition in 1823. | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY George Francis Lyon:
A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the Years 1818, 19, and 20:
accompanied by Geographical Notices of Soudan, and of the Course of the Niger. Found 3.
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The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla, during the recent
Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry. Found 1.
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