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Byron's Norfolk copyholds. See 1810-03-03

See CaByron to Byron 1808-05-23. The site of Byron's coal holdings, which he tried to sell. "Byron inherited land here with his title in 1798, but the leasehold -- and with it the valuable right to mine coal -- had been sold (illegally) by…

The second country visited during the Mediterranedan Tour. "Byron and Hobhouse travelled across Spain in the summer of 1809. ... The version of this journey in CHP I is concerned with
the effects of the Napoleonic annexation of Spain in 1808 ...."…

See 1809-07-16 to FrHodgson: "... the village of Cintra in Estremadura is the most beautiful, perhaps, in the world. * * *..."

"...and I goes into society (with my pocket-pistols), and I swims in the Tagus all across at once, and I rides on an ass or a mule, and swears Portuguese, and have got a diarrhoea and bites from the musquitoes." Byron to Hodgson 1809-07-16
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1809-07-16 to FrHodgson: "To-morrow we start to ride post near 400 miles as far as Gibraltar, where we embark for Melita and Byzantium. A letter to Malta will find me, or to be forwarded, if I am absent."

Byron to Hodgson 1809-07-16: "To-morrow we start to ride post near 400 miles as far as Gibraltar, where we embark for Melita and Byzantium."
ChMatthews to Byron facetiously 1809-06-30 I.e. Byzantium and Constantinople are the same place.

The first country Byron and Hobhouse visit during the Mediterranean Tour (7-17 July 1809). "In CHP I.201-377 the beauties of Lisbon, Cintra and 'this delicious land' (208) are praised and contrasted with the allegedly ignoble, cowardly and violent…

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "Seville is a fine town, and the Sierra Morena, part of which we crossed, a very sufficient mountain ..."

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "Cadiz, sweet Cadiz! — it is the first spot in the creation. * * * The beauty of its streets and mansions is only excelled by the loveliness of its inhabitants."