Livre des merveilles du monde
ca. 1460
France, probably Angers
281 x 220 mm
MS M.461, fols. 11v–12r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911
Asia (left)
This image is unusually bland, showing only a landscape with two towns in the distance.
Bactria (right)
In the Middle Ages, as today, Bactria was famous for its camels, here driven by a turban-wearing man; they are, though, located in what looks to be a typical European town.