Al-Idrisi's Tabula Rogeriana completed
1159
The Moroccan geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi presented his finished world atlas to King William I of Sicily - seventy meticulously drawn maps and a comprehensive geographical text describing the known world from the frozen seas of Scandinavia to the gold-rich kingdoms south of the Sahara, from Korea to Britain. The Tabula Rogeriana remained the most accurate and detailed depiction of the world for the next three centuries.
In context
Also in 1159 (4 other events on record)
- John of Salisbury publishes Policraticus · Europe · Culture
- Kilij Arslan II reunifies the Sultanate of Rum · Middle East · Politics
- Double papal election · Europe · Religion
- Adrian IV's letter to Barbarossa · Europe · Religion
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.