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Byron, John

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Byron, John, 1723–86, British vice admiral and explorer. Sailing in 1740 with Admiral George Anson on a voyage around the world, he was shipwrecked off Chile. His Narrative of Great Distresses on the Shores of Patagonia (1768) is said to have been used by his grandson, the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, in writing Don Juan.


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Members of the team are Eve Byron, John Ebelt, Leah Gilman, Darci Goodrich, Sheila Habeck, Martin Kidston, Wayne Klinkel, George Lane, Carolynn McLuskey, Joe Menden, Rich Myers, Christina Quinn, Laura Tode; the editor, Dave Shors, and the publisher, Brad Hurd.
 
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