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Map of the world (engraving)

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XIR154933
Image title
Map of the world (engraving)
Artist
Al-Idrisi or Edrisi, Abu Muhammad (c.1100-64) (after) / Spanish
Location
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Medium
engraving
Image description

copied by Dr William Vincent (1735-1815) for his book about the voyage, from India to Susa, made by Nearchus (c. 360-300 BC), Alexander the Great's admiral; Al Idrisi was the most famous Arab geographer and cartographer of the 12th century and settled in Palermo at the court of King Roger II (c. 1095-1154) of Sicily; he produced a world map ('Kitab Rujar' or Roger's Book) and later an enlarged version of the maps for Roger's son, William I (1120-66) known as the 'Little Idrisi'; none of the original manuscripts have survived and the versions extant at Cairo, Paris and Oxford are all copies of the 'Little Idrisi';

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Alexander the Great (356 - 323 B.C.) / Atlas (character) / mythological figure / mythology / cartography / journey / greek historian / continent / travels / ocean / sea / periple / arrian / idrisi / indica / roundel / idrici / navigation

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