François Pouqueville

In his Voyage de la Grèce (2nd edition 1826–27) he describes 'Lerna or Milos' around 1815: about thirty houses at the foot of Pontinos, a night in the khan among the mosquitoes, and the Ottoman frigates that anchored off 'the Mills'.

Also written: Φρανσουά Πουκεβίλ, F.-C.-H.-L. Pouqueville, Pouqueville, Πουκεβίλ

Events

1. c. 1815

   Ottoman frigates anchor off 'the Mills'

   Pouqueville noted that the frigates of the Kapudan Pasha, the Ottoman admiral, had to anchor off the beach of Lerna, 'commonly called the Mills', and that ships calling there took on fresh water. A century after the…

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2. c. 1815

   Pouqueville: about thirty houses at the foot of Pontinos

   The French consul and traveller François Pouqueville arrived after sunset and, once someone had fetched the key, spent the night in the khan on bare planks, plagued by mosquitoes. 'Lerna or Milos', he wrote, consisted of…

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