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    Abraham Cresques (Catalan pronunciation: [əβɾəˈam ˈkɾeskəs], 1325–1387), whose real name was Cresques (son of) Abraham, was a 14th-century Jewish cartographer...
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    It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school, possibly by Cresques Abraham, a Jewish book illuminator who was described by a contemporary as a...
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    Jehudà Cresques (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒəuˈða ˈkɾeskəs], 1360-1410), also known as Jafudà Cresques, Jaume Riba, and Cresques lo Juheu ("Cresques the Jew")...
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    around the circumference of a large implicit circle. The cartographer Cresques Abraham of Majorca, in his Catalan Atlas of 1375, was the first to draw an...
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    Angelino Dulcert (fl. 1339) - possibly a Genoese immigrant. Abraham Cresques (fl. 1375) Jehuda Cresques ("Jaume Riba"/"Jacobus Ribes") Haym ibn Risch ("Joan...
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  • produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Cresques Abraham. It has been in the royal library of France (now the Bibliothèque nationale...
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    Jewish cartographer from Palma de Mallorca Jehuda Cresques (also Jafudà Cresques; 1350 ? – 1427 ?) Cresques Abiatar , a Jewish physician in Catalan Aragon...
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    retaking the city on 30 July. (Date unknown). Majorcan cartographer Abraham Cresques creates the Catalan Atlas. 1377 (Date unknown). Achaea comes under...
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    Catalan Atlas, by the sefardi Cresques Abraham...
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  • of 1375, attributed to the Majorcan cartographer Abraham Cresques (correct patronymic: Cresques Abraham). In the bottom-left corner of the map there is...
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  • possessions. John Barbour – The Brus Catalan Atlas, attributed to Cresques Abraham probable – Juan Alfonso de Baena, troubadour (died c. 1434) February...
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    the Catalan Atlas made by Abraham Cresques in 1375, and kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. Abraham Cresques was a Majorcan Jew who worked...
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    Excerpt from the Atlas catalán de Cresques Abraham, 1375....
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  • (1601–1663), Grand Master of the Knights of St. John Abraham Cresques (14th century), cartographer Jehuda Cresques (14th–15th centuries), cartographer DJ Sammy...
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    school Memorias históricas (Capmany) Història de la Marina Catalana Abraham Cresques Arte de navegar Randles (1993). The Alleged nautical school founded...
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  • (?-1464), historian and anti-Jewish writer. Abraham Cresques (1325–1387), cartographer. Jehudà Cresques (1360–1410), cartographer. Alfonso de Cartagen...
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    Depiction of Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, from a 1375 Catalan Atlas of the known world (mappa mundi), created by Abraham Cresques...
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  • Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 304788 Cresques 2007 NZ1 Cresques Abraham (1325–1387), a Majorcan Jewish geographer and cartographer...
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  • from 1375 Catalan Atlas of the known world (Mappa Mundi), drawn by Abraham Cresques of Mallorca. Musa is shown holding a gold nugget and wearing a European-style...
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    A particularly famous example is the Catalan Atlas attributed to Abraham Cresques in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. During the late Middle Ages...
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    and an insurance company, both located in Taiwan. "Catalan Atlas. The Cresques Project - Panel VI". www.cresquesproject.net. Cavallo, Jo Ann (28 October...
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    the threat of death. Abraham Cresques was a 14th-century Jewish cartographer of the Majorcan cartographic school from Palma; Cresques is credited with the...
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  • and the Philippines. It is thought that Jehuda Cresques, son of the Catalan cartographer Abraham Cresques has been one of the notable cartographers at the...
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  • Majorca (Majorcan cartographic school) Barcelona Angelino Dulcert Abraham Cresques Nautical chart Països Catalans Rhumbline network Història de la Marina...
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    Mallorquina Memorias históricas (Capmany) Història de la Marina Catalana Abraham Cresques Arte de navegar Antonio de Capmany Antoni Palau i Dulcet Corral Lafuente...
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    cartography La Cartografía Mallorquina Próspero de Bofarull y Mascaró Abraham Cresques Consulate of the Sea Book of the Consulate of the Sea Antonio Capmany...
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    return of the sea). It is thought that Jehuda Cresques, son of the Catalan cartographer Abraham Cresques have been one of the notable cartographers at...
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    Literature; Al-Humaydī, Moorish historian, born on the island in 1029. Abraham Cresques, a 14th-century Jewish cartographer of the Majorcan cartographic school...
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    Rabbi Chasday ben Yehudah Cresques (the elder), Rabbi Yitzchaq bar Sheshet Perfet (Ribash) (1326-1408), Rabbi Chasday Cresques (Rachaq) (1340-1412), Rabbi...
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    its flag was the Jandarids. According to the Catalan Atlas of 1375 by A. Cresques, the flag of the Karamanids, another Anatolian beylik, consisted of a blue...
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