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

Summary[]

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Characters[]

  • Ash
  • Francisco Lopez
  • Garcia
  • Fernando

Worldbuilding[]

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.
  • 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.

Notes[]

  • The story is told from a third person point of view, unlike two other stories in the anthology.

Continuity[]

to be added

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