al-Idrisi

== = = //Map of the world by al-Idrisi. An interesting note is that South is at the top of the map, rather than North.//

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi was a Moroccan cartographer and geographer. Born in Ceuta in 1100 his best known work is his map of the world called "lawh al-tarsim" which translates to "plank of draught." It was created in 1154 at the court of King Roger II in Sicily.