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Muhammad al-Idrisi

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Muhammad al-Idrisi
Estatua_de_Al-Idrisi_bajo_el_baluarte_de_los_Mallorquines,_Ceuta_(3).jpg: Mario Sánchez Bueno derivative work: Ecemaml / CC BY-SA 3.0 · resizedfile
Al-Idrisi assembled geographical reports for the Norman court in Sicily. The world map associated with his Book of Roger puts south at the top. Turn it around and try locating the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the Persian Gulf. The exercise makes a familiar convention, north at the top, feel like a choice.
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