Abraham Cresques
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Palma |
Spain | |
Died | Palma |
Spain | |
1387 | |
Palma | |
Spain | |
Books | Catalan Atlas, Mapamundi, the Catalan Atlas of the Year 1375 |
Catalan Atlas | |
Mapamundi, the Catalan Atlas of the Year 1375 | |
Children | Jehuda Cresques |
Date of birth | January 1,1325 |
Nationality | Spanish |
Other name | Eliça, son of Rabbi Abraham |
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ID | 3618564 |
Abraham Cresques Life story
Abraham Cresques, whose real name was Cresques Abraham, was a 14th-century Jewish cartographer from Palma, Majorca, then part of the Crown of Aragon. In collaboration with his son, Jehuda Cresques, Cresques is credited with the authorship of the celebrated Catalan Atlas of 1375.