Father of navigation. Don Henrique, Duke of Viseo, the greatest man that Portugal ever produced. (1394–1460.)
Father of British inland navigation. Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater (1736–1803).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.