The 225 places named in Byron's letters from the Tour
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Title
The 225 places named in Byron's letters from the Tour
Subject
The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.
Description
The 225 place names named in the letters appear in this collection. Place names can be searched in several ways: by using the Map tab (> Item Relations), by Tag, or by using the list of Place Mentions included with each letter.
Creator
Paul M Curtis
Source
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
The source of the diplomatic transcriptions is Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Graham, Peter W. Byron's Bulldog. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1984.
The source of the diplomatic transcriptions is Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Graham, Peter W. Byron's Bulldog. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1984.
Publisher
The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/
Date
13 April 2014
Contributor
Paul M Curtis
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Language
English
Type
Place
Coverage
English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811
Collection Items
Ithaca
B to Hobhouse 4 April 1810 JoHobhouse
Named by Byron in 1809-09-29 to JoHanson. In 1810-10-04 to Hobhouse: "I have some idea of purchasing the Island of Ithaca, I suppose you will add me to the Levant Lunatics."
Named by Byron in 1809-09-29 to JoHanson. In 1810-10-04 to Hobhouse: "I have some idea of purchasing the Island of Ithaca, I suppose you will add me to the Levant Lunatics."
Pendele. The Monastery of Pendele and Mount Pentelicus.
Pendele 10 April 1810 to JoHobhouse 38.05 23.866667
Named as the the place of first of 200 plen opCs 1810-10-04 Byron to Hobhouse. BLJ 2-23n
Named as the the place of first of 200 plen opCs 1810-10-04 Byron to Hobhouse. BLJ 2-23n
Falmouth
B's point of departure
Turkey
Places mentioned B's Med Letters. A place and rhyme word in the Lisbon Packet, 1809-06-30 Byron to FrHodgson
Lisbon
Place names in B's Med Letters
Rock of Lisbon
Mentioned in H's letter to ChMatthews of 1809-07-08
Gibraltar
36.143 -5.353
Dardanelles
40.2, 26.4
Constantinople
41.01224 28.97602
Athens
37.983972, 23.727806