Saint Brendan's Island, also known as Saint Brendan's Isle or San Borondon, is a phantom island or mythical island, supposedly situated in the North Atlantic somewhere west of Northern Africa. It is n
Brendan and his monks' ship is carried by a giant fish as illustrated in a German manuscript.
According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with
An Aspidochelone from a French manuscript, c. 1270. J. Paul Getty Museum