Question

How did the French cartographer depict India? How is it different from Al-Idrisi?

Answer 1

Answer:

In the map of 1154 places are marked in Arabic, and the map in 1720 is more detailed in nature and has a degree of familiarity.

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.