New paper posted: Majorcan Jews and Medieval Cartography

Post date: Jun 23, 2012 4:37:15 PM

Majorcan Jews and Medieval Cartography by G. Llompart, from the published lecture "Los Judíos Mallorquines y la Cartografía Medieval", Mallorca Judaica, Cuadernos de Historia, No. 5 (pp. 113-131), Asociación Amigos del Castillo de San Carlo, "Aula General Weyler", Palma, 2011.

This lecture is a good introduction to this subject and provides the more recent bibliography on the subject.

Compass rose from the Catalan Atlas of 1375,

attribute to Cresques Abraham.