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* Scotland: King James III

* France: King Louis XI

* Popes: Pius II, Paul II

* Milan: Duke Francesco Sforza; Galeazzo Sforza, his son

* Cyprus: King James de Lusignan (Zacco)

* Portugal: King Alfonso V, nephew of Henry the Navigator

* Ottoman Empire: Sultan Mehmet II

* Aragon, Spain: King John II, uncle of Ferrante of Naples

* Castile, Spain: King Henry

* Ethiopia: Emperor Zara Ya’qob

House of Niccolò:

IN VENICE AND BRUGES:

Nicholas vander Poele (Niccolò), son of the first wife of Simon de St Pol

Gregorio of Asti, lawyer

Margot, Gregorio’s mistress

Father Godscalc of Cologne, chaplain and apothecary

Loppe (Lopez), former Guinea slave

Julius of Bologna, notary

Cristoffels, manager, seconded to the Charetty company

John (Jannekin) Bonkle, bastard of Edward Bonkle of Edinburgh

UNDER CONTRACT ABROAD:

Tobias Beventini of Grado, physician

Astorre (Syrus de Astariis), mercenary commander

Thomas, English captain, in Cyprus

John le Grant, engineer and shipmaster, in Cyprus

SEAMEN, THE GUINEA VOYAGES:

Jorge da Silves, Portuguese master of the San Niccolò

Vicente, first mate of the San Niccolò

Melchiorre Cataneo, ex Ciaretti, second mate of the San Niccolò

Estêvão, helmsman of the San Niccolò

Fernão, helmsman of the San Niccolò

Luis, seaman on the San Niccolò

Filipe, boy on the San Niccolò

Lázaro, boy on the San Niccolò

Vito, ex Ciaretti, seaman-carpenter on the San Niccolò

Manoli, ex Ciaretti, seaman on the San Niccolò

Triadano of Ragusa, master of the Ciaretti

Ochoa de Marchena, Spanish master of the Ghost/Doria

Flanders and the Duchy of Burgundy:

THE CHARETTY COMPANY:

Mathilde (Tilde) de Charetty, daughter of Marian, late first wife of Nicholas

Catherine, her younger sister

Henninc, dyeworks manager in Bruges

OTHER FAMILIES IN FLANDERS AND BURGUNDY:

* Henry van Borselen, seigneur of Veere

Florence van Borselen, half-brother of Henry

Gelis van Borselen, younger daughter of Florence

Henry (Arigho) de St Pol, child of the late Katelina, sister of Gelis

* Wolfaert van Borselen, son of Henry van Borselen

* Mary his wife, aunt of James III of Scotland

* Alexander, Duke of Albany, her nephew, brother of James III

* Paul van Borselen, bastard son of Wolfaert

* Louis de Gruuthuse, merchant nobleman

* Marguerite van Borselen, his wife

* Tommaso Portinari, manager, Medici company in Bruges

* Benedetto Dei, Medici agent and merchant

* Antony of Bourbon, bastard of Duke Philip

* Baudouin, his half-brother

* Sir Simon de Lalaing, seigneur of Santes

* Ernoul de Lalaing, his son

* Anselm Adorne of the Hôtel Jerusalem

* Margriet van der Banck, his wife

* Anselm Sersanders, his nephew

* Jehan Metteneye, host to the Scots merchants

* Colard Mansion, scribe and illustrator

* Bartolomeo Giorgio (Zorzi), merchant of Pera and Cyprus

Republic of Venice:

* Marietta Barovier, glassmaker of Murano

* Alvise da Ca’ da Mosto, merchant explorer

* Antonio da Ca’ da Mosto, his brother

* Marco Corner, merchant, sugar-grower in Cyprus

* Fiorenza of Naxos, his wife

* Catherine, his daughter

* Giovanni (Vanni) Loredano, deputy Bailie in Cyprus

* Valenza of Naxos, his wife

* Caterino Zeno, merchant

* Violante of Naxos, his wife

* Paul Erizzo, Venetian Bailie in Cyprus

* Anne, his daughter

* Piero Bembo, merchant

* Bessarion (John) of Trebizond, Cardinal Patriarch of Constantinople

* Alessandro di Niccolò Martelli, Medici company

* Alvise Duodo, galley commander and merchant

The families of St Pol (Scots) and Vasquez (Portuguese):

Jordan de St Pol, vicomte de Ribérac

Simon de St Pol of Kilmirren, his son

Lucia, sister of Simon and widow of Tristão Vasquez

Matten, her maid

Isobella (Bel) of Cuthilgurdy, her Scots companion

Diniz, son of Lucia and the late Tristão Vasquez

* Sir João Vasquez, secretary to the Duchess of Burgundy and “uncle” to Diniz

Jaime, factor of the St Pol estate at Ponta do Sol

Inez, his wife

Republic of Florence:

* Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici

* Piero de’ Medici, his son and successor

* Alessandra