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Montage of 8 pages (the third to sixth leaves) of the original 1375 Catalan Atlas Detail of the Catalan Atlas, the first compass rose depicted on a map. The Catalan Atlas (Catalan: Atles català, Eastern Catalan: [ˈatləs kətəˈla]) is a medieval world map, or mappa mundi, probably created in the late 1370s or the early 1380s (often conventionally dated 1375), [1] [2] that has been ...
A part of the Majorcan map called "Catalan Atlas". Portolan charts all share the characteristic windrose networks , which emanate out from compass roses located at various points on the map. These better called windrose lines , are generated by observation and the compass, and designated lines of bearing (though not to be confused with modern ...
The Catalan Countries (Catalan: Països Catalans, Eastern Catalan: [pəˈizus kətəˈlans]) are those territories where the Catalan language is spoken. [1] [2] They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, and parts of Aragon and Murcia (), [3] as well as the Principality of Andorra, the department of Pyrénées-Orientales (aka Northern Catalonia ...
The Catalan Statute of Autonomy establishes that Catalonia, as an autonomous community, is organised politically through the Generalitat of Catalonia (Catalan: Generalitat de Catalunya), confirmed by the Parliament, the Presidency of the Generalitat, the Government or Executive Council and the other institutions established by the Parliament ...
Abraham Cresques (Catalan pronunciation: [əβɾəˈam ˈkɾeskəs], 1325–1387), whose real name was Cresques (son of) Abraham, was a 14th-century Jewish cartographer from Palma, Majorca, then part of the Crown of Aragon. In collaboration with his son, Jehuda Cresques, Cresques is credited with the authorship of the celebrated Catalan Atlas ...
There were copies of maps that did include information about land areas past the coast, though they were usually reserved for library use. An example of a map that did include land information, as well as trade information that surpassed what was typically on a map, was the Catalan Atlas, which was dated 1375. [13]
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Diachronic map of the Crown of Aragon. The Principality of Catalonia appears in light green Roger de Flor and the Catalan Company in Constantinople. The Principality of Catalonia saw a prosperous period during the 13th century and the first half of the 14th.