
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.