File:Book of Roger MS. Greaves 42 1b cropped.jpg
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DescriptionBook of Roger MS. Greaves 42 1b cropped.jpg |
English: World map. From the 'book of pleasant journeys into faraway lands', or 'Book of Roger', Tabula Rogeriana. Undated, ca. 14th or 15th-century manuscript of al-Idrisi's description of the world composed in 1152. This manuscript contains the first three portions (of seven) of al-Idrisi's medieval Arabic geography, describing the known world from the equator to the latitude of North Africa, and from the Atlantic to Eastern China. |
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between 1300 and 1500 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Source | The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford |
Author | Muhammad al-Idrisi. Cropped by User:Andrew Dalby |
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