The numerous and descriptive exotic locales found in the works of noted Greek 20th century poet Nikos Kavvadias’ have been pinpointed … thanks to the Google map application.
A Google user dissected all of Kavvadias’ works and listed the locations using the application, a helpful tool for identifying often corrupted place-names and “old salt” Greek sailors’ geographical “slang”.
Here are the sites — identifed in Greek — listed in Kavvadias’ works https://goo.gl/1KoEvS
Kavvadias, who was born in the Russian Far East in 1910 to Greek parents hailing from the Ionian island of Cephallonia, was a merchant seaman for more than four decades. He obtained a radioman’s license in 1928. He served on the Greek army in the Albanian front during WWII and took part in the resistance during the Axis occupation. After the war he again went to sea.
He died of a stroke in Athens in 1975, three months after his last voyage.
Here’s a site featuring some of Kavvadias’ best poems, with English translations as well:
http://www.erevos.com/kavvadias/kavvadias.htm
