Muhammad al-Idrisi


Region Occupation Born Died
Europe, North Africa Geographer, Cartographer 1100 1165

Arab geographer who lived in Sicily and produced a world map in 1154, in which the Atlantic Ocean is called "The Sea of Perpetual Doom"

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Images

Muhammad al-Idrisi

Public Domain Source

Related Maps & Charts

al-Idrisi World Map (1154)

Compiler

Peter Richards