Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

030. MS M.461, fols. 25v-26r

Livre des merveilles du monde

ca. 1460
France, probably Angers
281 x 220 mm
MS M.461, fols. 25v-26r

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911

Nine islands of mountains and trees

These islands are not identified by name or location, but we read that sailors navigate them by the winds that blow consistently across them.