Gascony is 'n streek in die suidweste van Frankryk, histories bekend vir sy landbouproduksie en sy wynbedryf. Die woord "Gascony" kan ook verwys na die Gascon-taal, wat 'n dialek van Oksitaans is wat in die streek gepraat word.
In the meantime, with the first gray lines that lighted up the heavens, the canoe hoisted its little sail, which, swelling with the kisses of the breeze, and carrying them rapidly from the coast, made bravest way towards Spain, across the dreaded Gulf of Gascony, so rife with storms.
