XIR154933 Map of the world (engraving) by Al-Idrisi or Edrisi, Abu Muhammad (c.1100-64) (after); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: copied by Dr William Vincent (1735-1815) for his book about the voyage, from India to Susa, made by Nearchus (c. 360-300 BC), Alexander the Great\'s admiral; Al Idrisi was the most famous Arab geographer and cartographer of the 12th century and settled in Palermo at the court of King Roger II (c. 1095-1154) of Sicily; he produced a world map (\'Kitab Rujar\' or Roger\'s Book) and later an enlarged version of the maps for Roger\'s son, William I (1120-66) known as the \'Little Idrisi\'; none of the original manuscripts have survived and the versions extant at Cairo, Paris and Oxford are all copies of the \'Little Idrisi\';); Spanish, out of copyright.