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See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584) , See also:English navigator, was See also:born at Northam in See also:Devon-See also:shire on the 25th of See also:September 1525. In 1553 he took See also:part in the expedition which was despatched from the See also:Thames under See also:Sir See also:Hugh See also:Willoughby to look for a See also:northern passage to See also:Cathay and See also:India, serving as See also:master of the " See also:Edward Bonaventure," on which See also:Richard See also:Chancellor sailed as See also:pilot in See also:chief. Separated by a See also:storm from the " See also:Bona Esperanza " and the " Bona Confidentia," the other two See also:ships of the expedition, Borough proceeded on his voyage alone, and sailing into the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White See also:Sea, in the words of his See also:epitaph, " discouered Moscouia by the Northerne sea passage to St See also:Nicholas " (See also:Archangel). In a second expedition, made in the " Serchthrift " in 1556, he discovered Kara Strait, between Novaya Zemlya and See also:Vaygach See also:island. In 156o he was in See also:charge of another expedition to See also:Russia, and, probably in 1558, he also made a voyage to See also:Spain. At the beginning of 1563 he was appointed chief pilot and one of the four masters of the See also:queen's ships in the See also:Medway, and in this See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office he spent the See also:rest of his See also:life. He died on the 12th of See also:July 1584, and was buried at See also:Chatham. His son, See also:Christopher Borough, wrote a description of a trading expedition made in 1579–1581 from the White Sea to the See also:Caspian and back.
His younger See also:brother, 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 BOROUGH, born in 1536, also at Northam, served as an See also:ordinary See also:seaman in the " Edward Bonaventure " on her voyage to Russia in 1553, and subsequently made many voyages to St Nicholas. Later he transferred his services from the See also:merchant adventurers to the See also:crown. As See also:commander of the " See also:Lion " he accompanied Sir See also:Francis See also:Drake in his See also:Cadiz expedition of 1587, but he got himself into trouble by presuming to disagree with his chief concerning the See also:wisdom of the attack on See also:Lagos. He died in 1599.
He was the author of A Discourse of the Variation of the Comps, or Magneticall See also:Needle (1581), and some of the charts he made are preserved at the See also:British Museum and See also:Hatfield.
End of Article: BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
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