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.
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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.