Cosmas Indicopleustes
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Alexandria |
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Died | 550 AD |
Books | Christian Topography |
Nickname | Cosmas the Monk |
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ID | 791591 |
Cosmas Indicopleustes Life story
Cosmas Indicopleustes was a merchant and later hermit from Alexandria in Egypt. He was a 6th-century traveller who made several voyages to India during the reign of emperor Justinian. His work Christian Topography contained some of the earliest and most famous world maps.