The Fortunate Isles (short story)

The Fortunate Isles was a short story published in The Legends of Ashildr.

Summary
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Characters

 * Ash
 * Francisco Lopez
 * Garcia
 * Fernando

Individuals

 * Ash is an alias of Ashildr.
 * Diego was the former ship's lookout.
 * Marco Polo and his brothers traversed the old land routes from Europe to Asia.

Places

 * Seville is a city.
 * Upon boarding, Ash believes the El Galgo is bound for Genoa or Marseilles.
 * Ash steals a brooch for the Condottiero in Pisa.
 * Ash has recently left Paris.
 * After leaving the port of Seville, the El Galgo sails down the River Guadalquivir.
 * The Azores are Portuguese islands which lie to the west of Seville.
 * The El Galgo is searching for a western route from Europe to Asia by sea, as the Mamluk and Ottoman Sultans, in Egypt and Turkey, have made land routes impassable.
 * Reaching India, China or Japan means either sailing around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which no European has ever done, or sailing west across the Atlantic.
 * The El Galgo stops on the island of São Miguel, located between Europe and China.

Ships

 * Ash flees aboard the El Galgo - The Greyhound, a Spanish ship.
 * The El Galgo is in a race with the San Giorgo, a Genoese ship.

Continuity
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