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Livre des merveilles du monde
France, probably Angers
ca. 1460
281 x 220 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911
MS M.461, fols. 76v–77r
Description:
Thule
Sometimes considered pure myth, sometimes conflated with Iceland, Thule was the farthest western island, here shown as a place where the aged throw themselves into the sea.