- William Lithgow (traveller and author)
William Lithgow (1582 - 1645), traveller,
writer and allegedspy , born atLanark ,South Lanarkshire ,Scotland , claimed at the end of his various peregrinations to have tramped 36,000mile s on foot.Prior to 1610 he had visited
Shetland ,Switzerland , andBohemia . In that year he set out forPalestine andEgypt . His next journey, 1614-16, was in Tunis and Fez; but his last, 1619-21, toSpain , ended unfortunately in his apprehension at Malaga and torture as aspy . He gave an account of his travels in "Rare Adventures and Paineful Peregrinations ", and wrote "The Siege of Breda ", "The Siege of Newcastle ", and "Poems".External links
* [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/lithgow_william.htm Significant Scots - William Lithgow]
References
*A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
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