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By way of (unidentified) allusion; and deathplace of Lucien Buonaparte. Named by Byron in 1810-08-23 describing his frolics at the Capuchin Convent in Athens.

In the former Capuchin Covent, Byron to Hobhouse 1810-08-23

Byron to Hobhouse 1810-08-23. In 1658, a French Capuchin monastery was founded by the site; in 1669 the monastery succeeded in purchasing the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, then being called the "Lantern of Demosthenes" after the famous Athenian…

The address of Mrs. Elizabeth Massingberd with whom Byron frequently took rooms when in London. BLJ I-122n

the address of the Marquis of Sligo, Howe Browne's mother.

Cocoa-Tree Club, St. James's St — Was the Tory Chocolate House of Queen Anne's reign, the Whig Coffee House being the St. James's, lower down in the same street. http://www.victorianlondon.org/entertainment/dickens-cocoatreeclub.htm
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Mentioned by Byron in 1810-07-29 and probably visited.

Mentioned by Byron in 1810-07-29 as the location of Hobhouse en route to England. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Wiki

Mentioned by Byron in 1810-07-29. Geo coor for the Netherlands

Mentioned by Byron in 1810-07-29. The Isthmus of Panama, also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. Wiki