Circa 1100, June
al-Idrisi, a highly accomplished geographer and cartographer is born in Ceuta around 1100 CE, in what is now, an autonomous Spanish City bordering Morocco, on the North African Coast. He was born into a noble family and received an extensive education in Córdoba.
He spent 15 years commissioned by King Roger II of Sicily to produce a world map and geographical treatise. The famous world map and guide is known as the Tabula Rogeriana (or The Book of Roger), al-Idrisi traveled widely, gathering geographical knowledge for his magnum opus, world atlas which contains a compilation of centuries of Islamic scholarship and contemporary reports providing a comprehensive view of the medieval world.
