Named as crossed by Byron 1810-07-29. The narrow land bridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the rest of the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. Wiki
Mentioned by Hobhouse in 1810-07-31a to Byron. John Galt, Scottish novelist and poet, traveled from Gibraltar to Malta with Hobhouse and Byron, whom he also met at Athens. BB 40n.
John Galt (1779-1839) a Scottish miscellaneous writer, was on a …
Mentioned by Byron in 1809-01-15 and HoBrowne 1810-11-05. "Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844) resided in Paris in the first years of the French Revolution. In 1793 he married Miss Sophia Coutts, daughter of Thomas Coutts, the banker. He formed a…
"Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)was the daughter of the earl of Stanhope and the niece of William Pitt, for whom she had kept house. Brilliant, eccentric, and romantic, she traveled to the Levant in 1810 and ultimately established herself in a…