▁South w old , ▁in ▁Su ff olk , ▁England ; ▁Thomas ▁Gent le man ' s ▁father ▁William ▁was ▁a ▁merchant ▁and ▁ship owner . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁" bor ne ▁a ▁fish erman ' s ▁son ne ▁by ▁the ▁se ash ore ," ▁and ▁spent ▁his ▁" y outh ful ▁time ▁about ▁fish er ▁aff aires , ▁where by ▁I ▁am ▁more ▁sk il full ▁in ▁n ets , ▁lines , ▁and ▁hook es ▁then ▁in ▁R eth or ic ke , ▁Log ic ke , ▁or ▁learned ▁book es ." ▁About ▁ 1 6 1 2 ▁he ▁was ▁consult ed ▁by ▁John ▁Ke ym er , ▁a ▁writer ▁on ▁econom ics , ▁who ▁was ▁collect ing ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁her ring ▁fish eries ▁with ▁a ▁view ▁to ▁stim ulating ▁their ▁development . ▁Gent le man ▁gave ▁Ke ym er ▁the ▁benefit ▁of ▁his ▁experience , ▁but , ▁nothing ▁having ▁come ▁of ▁the ▁scheme , ▁Gent le man ▁determined ▁to ▁publish ▁his ▁ideas ▁himself . ▁ ▁The ▁result ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 6 1 4 , ▁published ▁by ▁Nathan iel ▁But ter ▁of ▁London , ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁England ' s ▁way ▁to ▁win ▁wealth , ▁and ▁to ▁employ ▁ships ▁and ▁mar rin ers , ▁or , ▁A ▁plain ▁description ▁what ▁great ▁prof ite , ▁it ▁will ▁bring ▁unto ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁of ▁England , ▁by ▁the ▁ere ct ing , ▁building , ▁and ▁advent uring ▁of ▁b uss es , ▁to ▁sea , ▁a - f ishing .