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Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire -- Byron's ancestral home

The historical name of the Biga peninsula in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey. Wiki

Mentioned by Hobhouse to Byron 1810-08-15

Visited as of 1810-05-03. A promontory located 69 kilometres (43 mi) SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece. Wiki

Visited as of 1810-05-03. A town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. The
tumulus or burial mound, also called the "Soros," for the 192 Athenian dead that…

Mentioned by Byron 1811-01-20 to FrHodgson

1811-01-20 Byron to FrHodgson. London Journal 7 March 1814

1811-01-20 Byron to FrHodgson

Byron to FrHodgson 1811-01-20