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The fantastic Catalan Atlas of Abraham Cresques.

References as further reading:

The Catalan Atlas at the Bibliotheque national du France:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55002481n?rk=42918;4

The Cresques Project: cresquesproject.net/home

Essays by Dr. Ariel Fein:

brewminate.com/a-visual-encyclopedia-medieval-cosmology-and-the-catalan-atlas

khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/late-gothic-italy/xa6688040:spain-the-late-gothic/a/the-catalan-atlas

smarthistory.org/elisha-ben-abraham-cresques-and-the-farhi-bible

Hebrew astrolabe (British Museum): sites.google.com/site/100objectsbritishmuseum/home/hebrew-astrolabe


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