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Named as visited by Byron in 1810-06-28. a major inlet of the Bosphorus, In Istanbul, Turkey. It is a horn-shaped estuary (hence, the name) that joins the Bosphorus at the immediate point where said strait meets the Sea of Marmara, thus forming an…

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…

Mentioned by Byron in 1811-07-02 to Hobhouse. The Granta is the original name of the lower river: after the name of the Anglo-Saxon town of Grantebrycge had been modified to Cambridge, the river was renamed to match. Wiki

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, September 15th 1809:
(Source: text from Morgan Library, photocopy from microfilm; LJ I 243-6; QI 56-7; BLJ I 223-4)

1810-05-03 to HeDrury. The Ambracian Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Arta or the Gulf of Actium, and in some official documents as the Amvrakikos Gulf, is a gulf of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece. Wiki

formed between the peninsulas of Attica and Argolis and forms part of the Aegean Sea. Wiki

1810-10-03 to FrHodgson

Visited 1810-05-03. Mentioned by Byron in the London Journal 20 March 1814.

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Mentioned by Byron in 1810-11-14 to Hodgson