French maps of Anjouan, an island of Comoros, includes city of Meroni.
Jacque-Nicolas Bellin, “Carte de l’Isle d’Anjouan, Une des Isles de Comore par le Cape Cornwal,” 1748, and Detail of map, “Johanna, or Anjuan, One of the Komoro Islands by Cap. Cornwall,” from Green and Astley’s A New Collection of Voyages and Travels (1745–47), Courtesy the Map Section at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
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Found in Noel A. Carmack, “Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd Lore, and Treasure-Seeking in New York and New England during the Early Republic,” Dialogue Journal 46 no. 3, pages 101-103, accessed October 27, 2025