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Catalan Atlas, Sheet 7 and 8, 1375 (pen with coloured inks on parchment)

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Catalan Atlas, Sheet 7 and 8, 1375 (pen with coloured inks on parchment)
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Cresques, Abraham (1325-87) / Spanish
Location
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Medium
ink on parchment
Date
1375 AD (C14th AD)
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World map made in Majorca, with Jerusalem close to the centre, attributed to the Jewish cartographer Abraham Cresques in the service of the king of Aragon. One of the few surviving examples of medieval cartography, richly illustrated and covers an area from the Atlantic to China, from Scandinavia to the Rio Oro in Africa in six parchment-covered wooden panels.

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14th century / Atlas (character) / mythological figure / mythology / elephant / animal / Spain / Europe / Italy / coast / sea / Turkey (country) / Middle East / Catalonia / nautical charts / geography / early map / travel / spice trade / commerce / world / 14th century / catalan / catalan atlas / trade / spices / mappa mundi / cartography / hydrography / world map / discovery / sea chart / silk road / vellum / nautical / exploration / ocean / map / navigation / compass / sea / medieval / maritime / portolan / compass lines / majorcan / Jewish / cosmography / navigational / manuscript / africa / Sicily / Mediterranean / greece / Middle East / red sea / jerusalem

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