Abraham Cresques 1375 Catalan Atlas

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This is a modern reproduction of the original map. 

This is all 4 leaves compiled into 1 map

This Map Comes in Sizes:
5"x16", 7"x23", 16"x51" and 23"x73"

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The most important map of the medieval period - the so-called Catalan Atlas, drawn by the Majorcan cartographer Abraham Cresques in 1375.

Consists of 4 leaves - the first two covering most of Europe, the 3rd one Middle East, and the last one China.

Includes beautiful illustrations of kings, animals, and a caravan on the Silk Road, described by some historians as the caravan of Marco Polo (4th image).

In 1375, Cresques and his son Jehuda received an assignment from Prince John of
Aragon (the future John I of Aragon) to make a set of nautical charts which would go beyond the normal geographic range of contemporary portolan charts to cover the East and the West, and everything that, from the Strait [of Gibraltar] leads to the West.
For this job, Cresques and Jehuda would be paid 150 Aragonese golden florins, and 60 Mallorcan pounds, respectively, as it is stated in 14th-century documents
from the Prince himself and his father Peter IV of Aragon. Prince John intended to present the chart to his cousin Charles (later to be Charles VI, King of France) as a gift.
In that year 1375 Cresques and Jehuda drew the six charts that composed the Catalan Atlas at their house in the Jewish quarter of Palma./wiki

  • Printed on premium 36lb matte paper with fade resistant archival inks and includes a white border on all sides to allow for matting and framing.

  • Please note that there may be some variation in the color of the on-screen image and the actual item received. This is subject to the brightness and contrast of your screen settings.
  • This is a modern UNFRAMED reproduction of the original print - Frames are NOT Included.
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