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Catalan Atlas
The Catalan Atlas (, ) is a medieval world map, or mappa mundi, probably created in the late 1370s or the early 1380s (often conventionally dated 1375), that has been described as the most important map of the Middle Ages in the Catalan language, and as "the zenith of medieval map-work". It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school, possibly by Cresques Abraham, a Jewish book illuminated manuscript, illuminator who was described by a contemporary as a master of ''mappae mundi'' as well as of compasses. It was in the royal library of France by 1380, during the reign of Charles V of France, King Charles V, and is still preserved in the . The Catalan Atlas originally consisted of six vellum leaves (each circa ) folded vertically, painted in various colours including gold and silver. They were later mounted on the front and back of five wooden panels, with the ends enclosed in a leather binding by Simon Vostre , restored most recently in 1991. Wear has split each leaf into two. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1375 Atlas Catalan Abraham Cresques
Year 1375 (Roman numerals, MCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * April 14 – The Mamluks from Egypt complete their conquest of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Levon V Lusignan of Armenia is imprisoned for several years in Cairo, until a ransom is paid by King John I of Castile. * April 21 – Mujahid Shah succeeds his father, Mohammed Shah I, as ruler of the Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan Plateau of southern India. * June 18 – The future King John I of Castile marries Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Eleanor of Aragon. * June 27 – Hundred Years' War: The England, English, weakened by the plague, lose so much ground to the France, French that they agree to sign the Treaty of Bruges (1375), Treaty of Bruges, leaving them with only the coastal towns of Calais, Bordeaux and Bayonne. * October 24 – Margaret I of Denmark becomes Regent of Denmark after the death of her father, Valdem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
