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Al-Idrisi completed the Tabula Rogeriana for Roger II in 1154 after years of comparing written geography with reports gathered from travellers.

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At the Norman court in Sicily, al-Idrisi worked across languages, trade routes and rival geographic traditions. The resulting book paired regional maps with descriptions of roads, ports, distances and economies; like much Islamic cartography of its era, its world map placed south at the top. Orientation was a convention, while verification was the ambition.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

İdrîsî, II. Rugerro için hazırladığı Tabula Rogeriana'yı, yazılı coğrafya bilgisini yolculardan toplanan anlatılarla yıllarca karşılaştırdıktan sonra 1154'te tamamladı.
Yolcuların düzelttiği bir dünya

İdrîsî Sicilya'daki Norman sarayında diller, ticaret yolları ve birbirinden farklı coğrafya gelenekleri arasında çalıştı. Ortaya çıkan eser, bölgesel haritaları yollar, limanlar, mesafeler ve ekonomiler üzerine metinlerle eşleştirdi; dönemin birçok İslam haritası gibi güneyi yukarıya yerleştirdi. Yön bir uzlaşıydı, asıl iddia ise bilgiyi sınamaktı.

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