Muhammad al-Idrisi
AD 1100 – AD 1165
Ceuta · Palermo
Arab geographer at the Norman court of Roger II of Sicily, where he compiled the Tabula Rogeriana (1154) — one of the most advanced world maps of the medieval period, drawn south-up.
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Maps in the collection
- Al-Idrisi's Tabula Rogeriana · AD 1154 · Sicily