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Ibn al Wardi's atlas

Ibn al-Wardi's atlas of the world (~1450) 日本語: アル・ワルディー図 (1349年) At the center of the map are Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities of Islam. The north part of the map shows "China and India", and the south part shows "Christian sects and the states of Byzantium". The outer circles represent the seas. The manuscript is a cosmology and aims to present the reader with a systematic overview of the existing knowledge about the world, among Islamic scholars in late 17th century CE. The drawing and text is by 'Umar bin Muzaffar Ibn al-Wardi. Kharidat al-'Aja'ib wa Faridat al-Ghara'ib. (The Pearl of Wonders and the Uniqueness of Things Strange). Late seventeenth century.

Date
c. 1450
Mapmaker / publisher
Abū Ḥafs Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar Ibn al-Wardī
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
atlas page
Original size
1,000 × 665 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Ibn al Wardi's atlas" (c. 1450). Abū Ḥafs Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar Ibn al-Wardī, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ibn_al_Wardi%27s_atlas.jpg

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