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

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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. 25v-26r
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Description: 

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.