ASSERTION: European sailors preferred the map by Arab geographer Al-Idrisi of 1154 CE more than the map of French cartographer of 1720 CE. REASON: In Al- Idrisi's map, South India is where we would expect to find North India and Sri Lanka is the island at the top.
A)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
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Answer:
Map 1 and Map 2 represent two different times. Map 1 was made in 1154 CE by al-Idrisi, an Arab geographer. This section is a detail of the Indian subcontinent from his larger map of the world. Map 2 was made by a French cartographer in 1720. Both maps are quite different from each other, even though they represent the same area. In Map 1 we find south India at the place where we would expect to find north India and Sri Lanka is the island at the top. The place names are in Arabic. Some familiar places like Kanauj in Uttar Pradesh have been spelled as Qanauj. In comparison to this Map 2 was made nearly 600 later after Map 1. By that time information about the subcontinent had changed a lot. This map appears to be more familiar to us. The coastal areas, particularly, are more detailed.