References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
1667
- Nov
Genoa, Italy
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- Built-up London – London before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire
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First Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
Genoa (Italian: Genova, pronounced [ˈdʒɛːnova]; in Genoese and Ligurian: Zena, pronounced [ˈzeːna]; in Latin and, archaically, in English: Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria -- the narrow strip of land which between the Mediterranean and the Alps that borders France to the west. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa
Third Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
On January 10, 1662, the new Ambassador from the city state of Genoa, the Marquis Agostino Durazzo, made an impressive entry to London. Neither Pepys or Evelyn paid any attention, but the French Gazette and the Venetian Ambassador thought it an important event -- happily no one came to blows over precedence:
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…