William Borough

William Borough

William Borough (1536 - 1599) was a British naval officer and the younger brother of Stephen Borough. He participated in the British attack on Cádiz in 1587. [http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0808390.html] He was responsible for the drawing of several early maps including one of Russia. [ [http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/n36475601x72t134/ University of Toronto Press - Journal Article ] ]

Early life

Borough was born at Borough House, Northam Burrows, Northam, Devon and his childhood experiences of voyages were those acompanying his older brother Stephen Borough and their uncle John Borough. [R. C. D. Baldwin, ‘Borough, William (bap. 1536, d. 1598)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2915, accessed 27 June 2008] ]

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