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ove to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia medieval naval group detail of the catalan atlas the first compass rose depicted on a map notice the pole star set on n majorcan cartographic school is the term coined by historians to refer to the collection of predominantly jewish cartographers cosmographers and navigational instrument makers and some christian associates that flourished in mallorca majorca in the 13th 14th and 15th centuries until the expulsion of the jews the label is usually inclusive of those who worked in catalonia the majorcan school is frequently contrasted with the contemporary italian cartography school origins edit the island of mallorca the largest of the balearic islands in the western mediterranean had a long history of seafaring muslim and jewish merchants participated in extensive trade across the mediterranean sea with italy egypt and tunisia in the 14th century their commerce entered into the atlantic reaching as far as england and the low countries ruled as an independent muslim kingdom through much of the early middle ages mallorca came under christian rule in 1231 it retained its independence as the kingdom of majorca until 1344 when it was permanently annexed to the crown of aragon this coincided with a period of aragonese expansionism across the mediterranean to sardinia and corsica sicily and greece athens and neopatria in which majorcan nautical cartographic and mercantile expertise was often called upon majorcan merchants and seafarers spearheaded the attempt by the aragonese crown to seize the newly discovered canary islands in the atlantic from the 1340s to the 1360s majorcan cosmographers and cartographers experimented and developed their own cartographic techniques according to some scholars e g nordenskiold the majorcans were responsible for the invention c 1300 of the normal portolan chart the portolan was a realistic detailed nautical chart gridded by a rhumbline network with compass lines that could be used to deduce exact sailing directions between any two points portolan charts which appeared rather suddenly after 1300 constitute a sharp departure from all earlier maps unlike the circular mappa mundi of christian academic tradition the portolan was oriented towards the north and focused on a realistic depiction of geographic distances with a degree of accuracy that is astounding even by modern standards historians speculate that the portolan was constructed from the first hand information of mariners and merchants possibly assisted by astronomers and were geared for navigational use in particular the plotting by compass of navigational routes both majorca and genoa have laid claim for the invention of the portolan chart and it is unlikely this will ever be resolved few charts have survived to the modern day the carta pisana portolan chart made at the end of the 13th century 1275 1300 is the oldest surviving nautical chart 1 the earliest extant ones from the first half of the 14th century seem to have been constructed by genoese cartographers with majorcan charts making their appearance only in the latter half of the century as a result many historians have argued that the majorcan cartography derived from the genoese citing the mysterious figure of angelino dulcert possibly a genoese immigrant working in majorca in the 1330s as the key intermediary in the transmission 2 on the other hand some scholars have embraced the hypothesis first forwarded by a e nordenskiöld that the surviving charts are misleading that the earliest genoese maps were just faithful copies of a conjectured prototype now lost composed around 1300 by an unknown majorcan cosmographer possibly with the involvement of ramon llull 3 an intermediary position acknowledges genoese priority but insists the majorcan school had an autonomous origin at best inspired but not derived from the genoese 4 recent research tends to lean towards the first interpretation but at the same time curbing some of the more extreme italian claims and recognizing distinctively majorcan development 5 majorcan style edit a part of the catalan atlas that was created by majorca s cartographer abraham cresques in 1375 regardless of the exact origin historians agree that the majorcans developed their own distinctive style or school of portolan cartography which can be distinguished from the italian school both italian and majorcan portolan charts focus on the same geographic area what is sometimes called the normal portolan the mediterranean sea the black sea and the atlantic ocean coast up to the environs of flanders the area frequently travelled by contemporary mediterranean merchants and sailors as time and knowledge progressed some cartographers stretched the geographic boundaries of the normal portolan to include a larger swathe of atlantic ocean including many atlantic islands real and mythical a longer stretch of the west african coast to the south the baltic sea in the north and the caspian sea in the east the central focus on the mediterranean remained throughout and the scale rarely changed the distinction between the majorcan and italian school is one of style rather than range italian portolan charts were sparse and restrained strictly focused on coastal detail with the inland areas left largely or wholly empty and the charts largely bereft of illustrations the majorcan style its beginnings already decipherable in the 1339 chart of angelino dulcert and finding its epitome in the catalan atlas of 1375 attributed to majorcan cartographer abraham cresques contained a lot more inland detail and was replete with rich colorful illustrations depicting cities mountain ranges rivers and some miniature people among the quintessential features replicated in almost all majorcan charts scattered notes and labels in catalan the red sea painted red the atlas mountains depicted as a palm tree the alps as a chicken s foot the tagus as a shepherd s crook with the curve wrapping around toledo the danube as a chain of links or hillocks bohemia as a horseshoe the canary island of lanzarote colored with a genoese shield red cross on white the island of rhodes also colored with a shield with a cross the striped shield of the crown of aragon replicated as often as possible including covering the island of mallorca itself a compass rose somewhere on the map with the pole star set on the north 6 among the miniature people routinely found in many majorcan maps are depictions of the traders on the silk road and the trans saharan route the emperor of mali seated on a gold mine and the ship of jaume ferrer although the italian school largely adhered to its sparse style some later italian cartographers such as the pizzigani brothers and battista beccario toyed with majorcan themes and introduced some of their features into their own maps although some historians distinguish the italian maps as nautical and the majorcan maps as nautico geographic the majorcan portolans did not sacrifice the essential nautical function of their portolans by including the entertaining illustrations the majorcan maps are as nautically detailed and serviceable as the italian members edit major members of the majorcan school of cartography include angelino dulcert fl 1339 possibly a genoese immigrant abraham cresques fl 1375 jehuda cresques jaume riba jacobus ribes guillem soler fl 1380s mecia de viladestes fl 1410s gabriel de vallseca fl 1430s 1440s unlike in italy where the crafts of instrument making and cartography were distinct most of the majorcan cartographers also worked as makers of nautical instruments often appearing in civic records as both master map maker and bruixoler compass maker some were also amateur or professional cosmographers with expertise in astrology and astronomy frequently inserting astronomical calendars in their atlases most members of the majorcan school with the exception of soler were jews whether practicing or conversos as a result the school suffered heavily and eventually expired with the extension of force conversion expulsions and the spanish inquisition into the realms of the crown of aragon in the late 15th century the production of medieval portolan charts can be divided in two major schools the italian and the catalan italian medieval cartographers came mostly from genoa and venice catalan charts were made in majorca and barcelona beside these two major schools some maps were made in portugal but no examples survive 7 the inhabitants of majorca were great navigators and cartographers their geographical knowledge was earned from their own experience and developed in a multicultural atmosphere muslim and jewish merchants participated in extensive trade with egypt and tunisia and in the 14th century they started doing business with england and the netherlands these groups were not limited by the rules imposed by the christian framework and their maps were way ahead of their time professor gerald crone who wrote books on medieval mapping said of these cartographers they threw off the bounds of tradition and anticipated the achievements of the renaissance the maps they made were prized by the princes and rulers of the spanish mainland and other countries the maps made in majorca were easy to recognize by their brightly colored illustrations of significant geographical features and portraits of foreign rulers 8 the first known majorcan map was made by angelino dulcert in 1339 7 even in this early work all the distinguishing features of the majorcan cartographic school were present dulcert made precise colorful drawings that showed all the topographical details including rivers lakes mountains etc the notes written in latin described the map 9 the most famous cartographers from the majorcan school were jews 10 catalan atlas and abraham and jehuda cresques edit marco polo s caravan from the catalan atlas abraham cresques also known as cresques the jew was appointed as a master of maps and compasses by john i of aragon the money he got for his appointment was used to build baths for jews in palma in 1374 and 1375 abraham and his son jehuda worked on a special order john i of aragon advised the authorities that he needed to get a map which would show the strait of gibraltar the atlantic coast and the ocean itself the map they made was named the catalan atlas and it is the most important catalan map of the medieval period 10 11 the first two leaves forming the oriental portion of the catalan atlas illustrate numerous religious references as well as a synthesis of medieval mappae mundi jerusalem located close to the center and the travel literature of the time notably marco polo s book of marvels and the travels and voyage of sir john mandeville many indian and chinese cities can be identified the explanatory texts report customs described by marco polo 9 cresques who knew arabic also used the travel narratives of moroccan explorer ibn battuta mecca has a blue dome and shows muslim prayer the text next to the image is in this town is the shrine of mohammed the prophet of the saracens who come here on pilgrimages from every country and they say that having seen something so precious they are no longer worthy of seeing anything more at all and they blind themselves in honor of mohammed 8 12 while the areas under muslim control were marked with domes jerusalem was surrounded by tales from old and new testaments like the garden of eden the crucifixion noah s ark and others the image of the caravan is accompanied by marco polo s travel account you must know that those who wish to cross this desert remain and lodge for one whole week in a town named lop where they and their beasts can rest then they lay in all the provisions they need for seven months 13 a catalan atlas was requested by charles v of france even though he expelled all the jews from france in 1394 the catalan atlas is located now in bibliothèque nationale de france a few other cresques maps were mentioned in inventories from spain and france in late 1387 10 11 jehuda cresques continued his father s traditions he was forced to convert to christianity in 1391 his new name was jacobus ribes he was called lo jueu buscoler the map jew or el jueu de les bruixoles the compass jew jehuda was ordered to move to barcelona where he continued his work as a court cartographer later he was invited to portugal by henry the navigator his maps were still made in catalan majorca traditions and that s why he was called mestre jacome de malhorca 10 he was the first director of famous nautical observatory at sagres at the age of discovery 10 other jewish cartographers edit another famous jewish cartographer was haym ibn risch he was forced to convert to christianity and took the name juan de vallsecha he was probably the father of gabriel de vallseca author of yet another famous mapamundi one later used by amerigo vespucci gabriel also produced a very accurate maps of black sea and mediterranean sea 14 15 another jewish cartographer was mecia de vildestes an outstanding map by vildestes dated 1413 is proudly featured at the bibliothèque nationale of paris anti jewish persecutions brought the end to the famous school of cartography at majorca 10 chronology of majorcan cartographers edit timeline derived from ca llista cronològica de cartògrafs portolans mallorquins see also edit abraham cresques catalan atlas catalan chart compass rose rhumbline network references edit aczel amir d 2001 the riddle of the compass the invention that changed the world orlando harcourt books p 125 isbn 978 0 15 600753 5 carta pisana e g caraci 1959 more extreme claims were articulated earlier by magnaghi 1909 who attempts to appropriate not only dulcert but soler rosell and others into the italian pantheon nordenskiöld 1896 1897 winter 1958 e g pujades 2007 campbell 1987 2011 later italian school maps began to include a compass rose but placed a circumflex hat as the northmark portuguese maps from 1504 used a fleur de lis as the northmark see winter 1947 p 25 1 2 leo bagrow and r a skelton 1964 history of cartography watts p 65 66 isbn 9781412825184 retrieved 2010 04 28 cite book isbn date incompatibility help 1 2 newberry library archived from the original on 2011 06 11 retrieved 2010 04 28 1 2 the majorcan cartographic school 1964 archived from the original on 2010 05 16 retrieved 2010 04 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 cecil roth 1940 the jewish contribution to civilization harper pp 69 72 retrieved 2010 04 28 1 2 clayton j drees november 30 2000 the late medieval age of crisis and renewal 1300 1500 a biographical dictionary the great cultural eras of the western world greenwood pp 119 120 isbn 0 313 30588 9 retrieved 2010 04 28 the catalan atlas archived from the original on 2012 03 06 retrieved 2010 04 28 the catalan atlas archived from the original on 2010 03 30 retrieved 2010 04 28 b barry levy 1990 planets potions and parchments scientifica hebraica from the dead sea scrolls to the eighteenth 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