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Spain / Catalonia: Egypt, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine and the Black Sea as represented in the Catalan Atlas, by the Jewish illustrator Cresques Abraham,1375

The Catalan Atlas (1375) is the most important Catalan map of the medieval period. It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Cresques Abraham, a Jewish book illuminator who was self-described as being a master of the maps of the world as well as compasses. It has been in the royal library of France (now the Bibliotheque nationale de France) since the late 14th century.
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Title:
Spain / Catalonia: Egypt, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine and the Black Sea as represented in the Catalan Atlas, by the Jewish illustrator Cresques Abraham,1375
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The Catalan Atlas (1375) is the most important Catalan map of the medieval period. It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Cresques Abraham, a Jewish book illuminator who was self-described as being a master of the maps of the world as well as compasses. It has been in the royal library of France (now the Bibliotheque nationale de France) since the late 14th century.
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Album / Universal Images Group / Pictures From History
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4800 x 3900 px | 53.6 MB
Print size:
40.6 x 33.0 cm | 16.0 x 13.0 in (300 dpi)
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