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Byron to John Hanson, September 29th 1809:
(Source: text from B.L.Egerton 2611 ff.149-51; BLJ I 225)
Visited by Byron 1809-11-12. The ancient name of a promontory of western Greece in northwestern
Acarnania, at the mouth of the Sinus Ambracius…

1811-01-20 Byron to FrHodgson. London Journal 7 March 1814

The son of Thetis and Pelus, mentioned by Byron in 1810-05-03 to Henry Drury

Traditionally, the tomb of Achilles, mentioned by Byron in his letter to CaByron 1810-06-28

Named by Byron in 1811-07-07 to HeDrury, the last letter before returning to England. A river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. Its source is near the village Zotiko, in the southwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit it flows…

Named as visited 18010-05-03 to HeDrury. A river in western Greece. It formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia of antiquity. It empties into the Ionian Sea. Wiki

Byron to John Hanson, November 24th 1809:
(Source: text from B.L.Egerton 2611 ff.159-61; BLJ I 233-4)
Visited 1809-11-24 to JoHanson. A region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a…

1810-05-03 to HeDrury the famous swim. An ancient city of Mysia, in Asia Minor, situated at Nara Burnu or Nagara Point on the best harbor on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont. Across Abydos lies Sestus on the European side, marking one of the…

John Hanson's business address

Where Mrs Massingberd and her daughter are held due to Byron's debt 1811-05-16