Al-Idrisi's Tabula Rogeriana
Tabula Rogeriana de al-Idrisi
- Date
- 1154 · confidence high
- Place
- Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Credited to
- Muhammad al-Idrisi
- People
- 👤 Al-Idrisi1110–1166
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Descriptive geography and world map in 70 sheets that draws together the itineraries of merchants and travellers across Eurasia and Africa. It was the most accurate map of the world for nearly three centuries.
Produced at the Norman court of Roger II of Sicily by a geographer born in Ceuta and trained in Cordoba; it is counted as a contribution of Maghrebi and Andalusi science.
What it led to
- late medieval Mediterranean cartography
- European knowledge of Africa and Asia
- regional descriptive geography