 The reality is though that whilst researching his book, Stevenson probably chose a group of islands that suited his story from a sea chart.He would most likely have taken their names and adapted them for his own purpose.His diaries show that he never visited the BVI, and the BVI claim is largely based upon a "seafaring uncle" having recounted the story of the "Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe" to a young Robert Louis Stevenson.