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	katherine kerr of the Hermitage, her website
		Thus we have the Fortunate Isles, the Blessed Isles and the Western Isles.
		Yours cartographically, katherine kerr of the Hermitage, in the Crescent Isles, Baroness of Southron Gaard, Kingdom of Lochac
		Fortunate Isles, Blessed Isles, the Emerald Isles, the Western Isles - - all are period, all are also used in lots of fantasy books both allegedly set in these places and not.
	www.spis.co.nz /kk/mapci.htm (2055 words)

	Fortunate Isles - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blest, in classical and Celtic legend, islands in the Western Ocean.
		There the souls of favored mortals were received by the gods and lived happily in a paradise.
		A Poem for all Seasons: Yeats, Meaning, and the Publishing History of 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' in the 1890s.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-fortunati.html (346 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Fortunate
		John III (John the Fortunate), 1502-57, king of Portugal (1521-57), son of Manuel I.
		Identified with the Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blest, Elysium was situated in the distant west, at the edge of the world.
		Authorized by Congress in 1794, the ship was launched in 1797 and was commissioned and put to sea in 1798 in the undeclared naval war with the French.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Fortunate (547 words)

	Fortunate Isles — Infoplease.com
		Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blest,in classical and Celtic legend, islands in the Western Ocean.
		Isles of the Blest - Isles of the Blest: see Fortunate Isles.
		Isles of Eternal Spring : Overlooked Mysteries of the Canary Islands.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0819291.html (256 words)

	The Fortunate Isles - Message Board - ezboard.com
		The Isles of Scilly are a little-known treasure of the UK, a small group of low granite islands nestling in the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean about thirty miles off Lands End in Cornwall, they offer a unique and magical welcome to holiday visitors.
		Isles of Scilly Travel (RMV Scillonian III and Skybus)
		'The Fortunate Islands' subtitled 'A history of the Isles of Scilly' by R. Bowley.
	p207.ezboard.com /bthefortunateisles (234 words)

	Follow the bouncing buoy
		The British often refer to the archipelago as "the Fortunate Isles" due to their pleasant climate tempered by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream.
		Garvine estimates that the buoy's trip was in the neighborhood of 3,000 nautical miles and that it traveled at 10-20 feet per minute, which is the typical current speed of the North Atlantic Drift, the extension of the Gulf Stream that flows toward the west coast of Europe.
		Thanks to the Gulf Stream and the large eddies that flank it, the British Isles are on the receiving end of a lot of flotsam and jetsam, Garvine notes.
	www.udel.edu /PR/Messenger/02/4/follow.html (849 words)

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		Forming a loose loop around a sheltered channel called the Roadstead, the Isles of Scilly consist of five main inhabited islands together with a huge collection of small rocky outcrops of granite varying from over a hundred yards across to mere pinnacles jutting from the sea.
		Whether these fabled places are references to the Isles of Scilly is unknown but, from archaeological evidence unearthed over many centuries, it is clear that the islands have been inhabited for over four thousand years.
		The 'capital' of the Isles of Scilly, known as Hugh Town, is packed into this space, spilling out onto the shoulders of the loops on either side.
	www.epinions.com /trvl-review-6AAD-2FDC0B92-3A53AF12-prod2 (2866 words)

	Isles of Scilly - Cornwall
		The Isles of Scilly is an archipelago of five inhabited islands, St.
		It is easy to see why Scilly has been referred to as the Fortunate Isles.
		These days they are sufficiently fortunate to enjoy a protected status, so the environment can be preserved for future generations.
	www.cornwalls.co.uk /Isles-of-Scilly (1041 words)

	Avalon
		According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the enchanted isle where Arthur's sword was forged and where he is conveyed after his last battle to be healed.
		Avalon is often taken as a refuge of spirits but the point of Arthur's residence there is that he is not dead, but magically alive and awaiting the moment of his return.
		The association passed into Grail literature that drew on Glastonbury's ancient Christian history (it is said that this was the monastery founded by Joseph of Arimathea who, bearing the Holy Grail, allegedly came to Britain after the crucifixion).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/a/avalon.html (343 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		The Isles of Scilly, known locally as the Fortunate Isles, lie twenty-eight miles to the south-west of mainland Cornwall, acting as the first and last landfall for many migrant birds.
		ISBG Request that Scilly Isles records are sent to their recorder.
		Our annual trip to the Isles of Scilly this year coincided with a variety of weather systems, which generally failed to produce the expected megas and rarities.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/england_scilly_isles.html (1344 words)

	The Fortunate Isles
		Avalon is the Isle of the Blessed of the Celts.
		It is the Isle of Apples, a name reminding one of the Garden of the Hesperides in the far western seas, with its tree of golden apples in the midst.
		There in the Fortunate Isles, the Celts believed, in radiant halls dwelt the spirits of the departed, ever blooming and beautiful, ever laughing and gay.
	library.flawlesslogic.com /isles.htm (1064 words)

	Location Explorer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Isles of Scilly is an archipelago of five inhabited islands, St. Maryâs, Tresco, St. Martinâs, Bryher and St Agnes, and some 150 islands and rocks.
		The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust manages the landscape and educates people about it.
		Isles of Scilly Police Station -Address: Garrison Lane Hughtown, St Marys.
	www.cruise.com /LE5/Default/LocationID_11328/index.html (905 words)

	Northvegr - The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen
		Three years after, his servants found the sea-posts in the south-western part of the island, and hither, in obedience to what was held to be the expressed wish of the gods, (25) he removed his household, laying the foundation of Reikiavik, the capital of this ice-bound isle.
		The monks or Culdees, who had come hither from Ireland and the Isles of Iona, to be alone with God, took their departure on the arrival of the heathen followers of Odin and Thor, and the Northmen were thus left in undisputed possession of the soil.
		After this mention by Pliny, the Canaries, or Fortunate Isles, are lost sight of for a period of thirteen hundred years.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/precolumbian/000.php (17593 words)

	- Chapter 3
		Each time, she had resisted, but in the end had done what was required of her when things went from irritating to unpleasant to intolerable.
		If she helped ibn Saul to find the Fortunate Isles, Minho would be ill served: he would be forever wrapped in the geographer's scroll.
		Anselm claimed to have come from the Fortunate Isles at Minho's bidding, his task to subvert the nascent Christian faith by suborning its leaders.
	www.baen.com /chapters/W200303/0743435982___3.htm (1700 words)

	Isles of Scilly in General - Review - Truly, these are 'The Fortunate Isles'...
		Isles of Scilly in General - Review - Truly, these are 'The Fortunate Isles'...
		The Isles of Scilly are a small group of islands lying in the deep waters of the Atlantic about twenty eight miles from the dramatic granite cliffs of Lands End in Cornwall.
		To these islands in legend, dead heroes were brought and they lived forever in peace and abundance, rendered immortal and kept safe, far beyond the knowledge of the world.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /destinations-national/isles-of-scilly-in-general/166605 (2879 words)

	MAPS OF THE MAGNETIC ISLES: HYPERBOREA, by Gunnar Thompson
		Due to the location of the magnetic pole near Hudson’s Bay, isles in that direction including Greenland have an erroneous compass bearing of “north” when in fact their geographical location relative to Norway is almost due west.
		The Inventio Fortunatae (or Discovery of The Fortunate Isles) is not unknown to historians.
		If ancient mariners mistakenly believed that isles found in temperate climates near the magnetic pole were located north of Europe, instead of in their true positions towards the west, then this geophysical phenomenon might explain the misplacement of New World isles in the Polar Regions on Medieval maps.
	www.marcopolovoyages.com /Articles/TerraeIncognita.html (5348 words)

	King Arthur Final Rest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Avalon is also called "the enchanted isle", "isle of apples", "Insuls Avallonis or "the Fortunate Isles".
		King Arther said: Comfort thyself, said the king, and do as well as thou mayst, for in me is no trust for to trust in; for I will into the vale of Avilion to heal me of my grievous wound: and if thou hear never more of me, pray for my soul.
		Upon an oak coffin is the inscription on a lead cross which says "Here lies buried the renowned King Arthur with Guinevere his second wife in the Isle of Avalon.
	waltm.net /arthrest.htm (410 words)

	- Chapter 4
		That was like asking if she wanted to marry a handsome man, to be rich and powerful, sit on an ivory throne and use the great forces of nature as toys, to amuse herself.
		But then, if everything made complete sense, and could be explained, there could be no magic, and the dead world of the Black Time, shown to her in the reflections of the goddess's pool, would come to be.
		That brought her back to a new dilemma: one strong intersection of many lines in the sand was right where the pendulum had come to rest—offshore of the last point of land, beyond Sena, where lay . . . the Fortunate Isles.
	www.baen.com /chapters/W200303/0743435982___4.htm (4180 words)

	Low Isles Preservation Society, Port Douglas, Queensland Australia
		The Low Isles Preservation Society (LIPS) is a conservation group dedicated to the protection and preservation of the Low Isles, the marine, coastal and rainforest environments of far north Queensland.
		LIPS was fortunate that the proposal was well received by all stakeholders: Graham Kelleher at GBRMPA, Greg Wellard QDE, Paul Greenfield at the University of Queensland, Douglas Shire Council, Mike Berwick Mayor DSC, Steve Brechauer State Member for Cook, Peter Dodd Federal Member of Leichardt.
		Once based at Low Isles, a ranger in charge and an indigenous ranger based at Port Douglas and an administration position that provided support and public contact for both LIPS and QPWS.
	www.lips.org.au (421 words)

	AllRefer.com - Isles of the Blest (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Isles of the Blest (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
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	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-IslesBle.html (129 words)

	Azores Islands
		The water was so muddy from its sinking that it was impassable.2 But there were islands located in the Atlantic that were steeped in myth and seen on early maps.
		They had names like the Fortunate Isles, Antillia, Brazil, and California.3 There were stories, such as Irish St.
		Most immigrants leave the Azores with the idea of returning to their verdant isles with their majestic cliffs, charming villages, and whitewashed homes glistening in the sun.
	wwwlibrary.csustan.edu /bsantos/azores.html (7104 words)

	Travel to Puerto Rico - The House in Wrentham, Massachusetts (1904-1917)
		You know, Helen dear, Socrates believed in the existence of the Fortunate Isles somewhere beyond the blue zenith of our sky—isles which those who have lived in beauty sailed to after death.
		Well, I found one of the Fortunate Isles while still alive.
		Here I find freedom from the vexations of wars and politics and duties that have never interested me. This is the realm of warm delight...
	www.afb.org /annesullivan/asmgallery.asp?FrameID=114 (334 words)

	Ptolemy's Geographia - Bell Library: Maps and Mapmakers
		The equator is divided into 360 degrees, and the lines of longitude on it divide the earth into twenty-four hours of time.
		Since zero longitude began at the Fortunate Isles and most travelers from whom Ptolemy received information were in Alexandria, the figures were often wrong.
		The 180 degree world he showed ends in the east in the middle of China.
	www.bell.lib.umn.edu /map/PTO/GEO/place.html (271 words)

	Foreign Parts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		o the south of Avalon proper lie the Fortunate Isles.
		In the western oceans are blessed islands, lands of beautiful women and ever-young men and perpetual plenty, of which the Fortunate Isles are but poor outposts.
		And in the farthest north, it is whispered, there are things before which even Arawn the Deathless and the Snow Queen shrink in fear.
	home.comcast.net /~jonathan.turner/voice/places/outside.htm (130 words)

	Boshanlu
		It is a striking historical coincidence of the production of the po shan lu, then a new type of art, simultaneously with the culminating point of the idea of the Fortunate Isles, which had then undoubtedly reached its climax, and held the minds of the people in suspense.
		The allusions to an island-mountain in the sea refer to the Three Isles of the Blessed: Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou.
		It might be concluded justly that the burying of hill-censers and hill-jars in the grave had also a symbolical signification, and implied the mourner's wish that his beloved deceased might reach the land of bliss and attain immortality on the Fortunate Isles.
	www.phoenixbonsai.com /BigPicture/Boshanlu.html (3347 words)

	Amazon.com: Brush Up Your Mythology!: Books: Michael Macrone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Key Phrases: Fortunate Isles, Trojan War, Garden of the Hesperides (more...
		According to the poet Hesiod, a leading expert on such matters, the first "power" in the universe was a vast, dark void known in Greek as Chaos (from chaino, "to gape, yawn").
		Fortunate Isles, Trojan War, Garden of the Hesperides, Golden Age, Old English, Mount Olympus, Mount Parnassus, West Wind, Black Sea, Homer's Iliad, John Milton
	www.amazon.com /Brush-Your-Mythology-Michael-Macrone/dp/0517202875 (1107 words)

	The Fortunate Isles Bird Watching Holiday in Southern Europe, Mediterranean & The Canary Islands
		The Fortunate Isles Bird Watching Holiday in Southern Europe, Mediterranean & The Canary Islands
		While many holidaymakers visiting the Canaries will venture no further than the nearest sun-drenched beach, for anyone with an interest in wildlife - especially birds, cetaceans and plants - the islands are so remarkable it can be difficult to know where to start...
		Fortunately, this won’t be a problem on our tour for we will again benefit from the unrivalled expertise of our old friend Tony Clarke, the islands’ foremost wildlife guide and author of the essential new Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands.
	www.limosaholidays.co.uk /tourDetail.cfm?tourID=405 (641 words)

	the God-Kings of Ancient Egypt - Atlantis Rising
		This memory was also preserved in the later writings of Plato in his Timaeus and Critaeus of the [sic] Atlanteans sailing through the Pillars of Hercules to subjugate the lands around the Mediterranean under their Empire, though they were stopped by the apparent ancestors of the classical Greeks.
		Further evidence of the Phonecian exploits and sea-faring usage of the isles of modern-day Gibraltar and the Canaries for expedition from the eastern Mediterranean westward confirm what is being hinted at by records of Caucasian travels to the New World, including the Caucasians of the proto-Guanche, post-Cro-Magnon Nordics of the Guanche dolichocephalic type.
		It is also possible that the Canary Islands were known because of the proto-Guanches diffusion of records in their hypothetical voyage eastward through the Mediterranean during the late neolithic period as cited by the Egyptian myth or memory of Thoths sailing from a westerly volcanic isle or isles.
	forums.atlantisrising.com /ubb/Forum2/HTML/000477.html (9467 words)

	Stephen Morris - Mini Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Since 1982, I have been fortunate enough to live in one of the most beautiful locations in the UK - the Isles of Scilly which are twenty eight miles off Lands End in Cornwall.
		The islands are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and are known as "The Fortunate Isles".
		From my early teens, my twin passions were food and painting (not necessarily in that order!), however it was the former that led me into my first successful career.
	www.minigalleryworld.com /Stephen_Morris (559 words)

	The Timeshare Beat: Las Brisas/Club Las Brisas, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
		They called the chain, "The Happy Isles" or "Garden of the Hesperides", or "Atlantida".
		In later years, before they came to be known as the Canary Islands, they were often called "The Fortunate Isles." Today, the seven individual major islands are called Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera and Hierro.
		The first inhabitants of the Canary Islands were the Guanches, a Berber race with light hair and features.
	www.thetimesharebeat.com /specs/spec46.htm (1630 words)

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