Question

Write three differences between two maps, 1st which made in 1154 CE by the Arab

geographer al -Idrisi and the map which was made in 1720s by a French cartographer.​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

T

ake a look at Maps 1 and 2. Map 1 was made in

1154 CE by the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi. The

section reproduced here is a detail of the Indian

subcontinent from his larger map of the world. Map 2

was made in the 1720s by a French cartographer. The

two maps are quite different even though they are of

the same area. 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. Place-names are marked in Arabic,

and there are some well-known names like Kanauj in

Uttar Pradesh (spelt in the map as Qanauj). Map 2

was made nearly 600 years after Map 1, during which

time information about the subcontinent had changed

considerably. This map seems more familiar to us and

the coastal areas in particular are surprisingly

detailed. This map was used by European sailors and

merchants on their voyages (see Chapter 6).

Equally important is the fact that the science of

cartography differed in the two periods. When historians

read documents, maps and texts from the past they

have to be sensitive to the different historical

backgrounds – the contexts – in which information

about the past was produced.