George Bradshaw (1801–1853) by Richard Evans, 1841 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bradshaw, George (1801–1853), compiler of railway guides
G. C. Boase
revised by Philip S. Bagwell
Bradshaw, George (1801–1853), compiler of railway guides, only son of Thomas Bradshaw and his wife, Mary Rogers, was born at Windsor Bridge, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire, on 29 July 1801. His parents, although of limited means, gave him a good education, placing him under the care of a ...
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Gourdon [Gorden], William (fl. 1603–1616), mariner and travel writer
Anita McConnell
Gourdon [Gorden], William (fl. 1603–1616), mariner and travel writer, was born at Hull; nothing is known of his parents and he subsequently found employment on the merchant vessels of the Russia Company trading to northern Russia. He is probably the W. Gorden, factor and overseer, who recorded his experiences between April and September 1603 as ...
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Phelps, Thomas (d. 1695), mariner and travel writer
Anita McConnell
Phelps, Thomas (d. 1695), mariner and travel writer, was the son of Thomas Phelps of Bristol. Nothing is known of his life prior to the events narrated in his book, A true account of the captivity of Thomas Phelps at Machaness in Barbary, and of his strange escape in the company of Edmund Baxter and others...
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Sherley [Shirley], Sir Thomas (1564–1633/4), privateer and travel writer
Richard Raiswell
Sherley [Shirley], Sir Thomas (1564–1633/4), privateer and travel writer, was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Sherley (c. 1542–1612) of Wiston, Sussex, and his wife, Anne Kempe (c.1542–1623), daughter of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Kent. Sir Anthony Sherley and Robert Shirley, ...
