Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi was an Arab Muslim geographer, cartographer, and Egyptologist.
He created the Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced medieval world maps, used by explorers like Christopher Columbus and Vasco Da Gama for their discoveries and voyages.
Al-Idrisi incorporated the knowledge of Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Far East gathered by Islamic merchants and explorers and recorded on Islamic maps with the information brought by the Norman voyagers to create the most accurate map of the world in pre-modern times.
For three centuries geographers copied his maps without alteration.
Al-Idrisi inspired Islamic geographers such as Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun, and Piri Reis.
His map also inspired Christopher Columbus and Vasco Da Gama.
.
.
.
.
#islam #islamicpost #muslims #muslimsoftheworld #IslamicHistory #history #historylovers #historyfacts #MuslimUmmah
