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- Collection: The 225 places named in Byron's letters from the Tour
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South of France
"[Cintra] unites in itself all the wildness of the Western Highlands with the verdure of the South of France."
Mafra
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "Near {Cintra] about 10 miles to the right is the palace of Mafra the boast of Portugal, as it might be of any country, in point of magnificence without elegance, there is a convent annexed, the…
Aldea Gallega
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "I sent my baggage & part of the servants by sea to Gibraltar, and travelled on horseback from Aldea Gallega (the first stage from Lisbon which is only accessible by water) to Seville (one of the…
Xeres
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "I left Seville and rode on to Cadiz through a beautiful country, at Xeres where the Sherry we drink is made I met a great merchant a Mr Gordon of Scotland, who was extremely polite and favoured me…
Lancashire
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "Cadiz, sweet Cadiz! is the most delightful town I ever beheld, very different from our English cities in every respect except cleanliness (and it is as clean as London) but still beautiful and full…
Cagliari
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "My next stage is Cagliari in Sardinia where I shall be presented to his {S} Majesty, I have a most superb uniform {as a court dress,} indispensable in travelling. –"
Algesiras
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "I have not yet been to Africa, the wind is contrary, but I dined yesterday at Algesiras with Lady Westmoreland where I met General Castanos the celebrated Spanish leader in the late & present war…
Tetuan
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "... but I dined yesterday at Algesiras with Lady Westmoreland where I met General Castanos the celebrated Spanish leader in the late & present war, today I dine with him, he has offered me letters…
Straits of Gibraltar
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "... I am to have the house for a few days of one of their great men, which was intended for Lady W[estmoreland], whose health will not permit her to cross the Straits. –"
Barbary
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "... [General Castanos] has offered me letters to Tetuan in Barbary for the principal Moors, ..."