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Byron to James Cawthorn, from The Volage Frigate off Ushant July 7th. 1811
An island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France. Wiki

See Byron to StCanning 1810-10-13. Writes to Byron 1811-02-11

Mentioned by GeForesti in 1810-01-05 and see BJL 3-160n with reference to Byron to AnMilbanke 17 Nov 1813. 1810-10-13:
"Stratford Canning, cousin of the statesman George Canning, had been first secretary of the British Embassy in Constantinople…

Byron to JoFosterin 1810-11. "John Foster, a Liverpool architect, met Cockerell in 1810 in Constantinople and continued his travels and research with him in Greece. He was one of the travelling Englishmen with whom B. was associated in Athens in…

Mentioned by Hobhouse in 1810-08-16 and by Byron in 1810-11-26. See 1810-11-26 to Hobhouse. "Charles Robert Cockerell (1788—1863), an architect who later achieved renown, was starting on a course of professional studies by exploring…

Mentioned by Byron in 1811-01-10: "John Fiott (I783-1866), a graduate of St. John’s College, Cambridge, toured the Near East in 1807-10 as a 'travelling Bachelor' of his college, collecting antiquities, including manuscripts, coins, and…

Mentioned by Byron in 1811-01-20. "Jacob Linckh (1787-1841), a native of Cannstatt, had studied art in
Rome before coming to Greece in September, 1810. He joined Cockerell, Foster, and Haller in the excavations
of the site…

Sandford Graham and William Haygarth were among the English travellers and antiquaries in Athens during Byron’s residence. BLJ II-33n

Mentioned by Hobhouse to Byron in 1810-07-31a and by Byron in 1811-03-05 to Hobhouse. Sandford Graham, at Trinity College with Byron and Hobhouse, was
an M.P. and antiquarian. He succeeded his father as second baronet in 1825.
Graham, Peter W.…

an archaeologist from the University of Copenhagen. BLJ II 37n