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International banker with agents in Malta and Constantinople: BLJ 1-205n.

Mentioned by Byron in 1810-05-03. Identified by Tim Webb.
See The Byron Journal, Volume 38, Issue 1, 2010, pp. 49-58.

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."

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; but damn description, it is always disgusting."