




The Most Famous
Geographers from Spain
This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Geographers. The pantheon dataset contains 86 Geographers, 6 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 5th most number of Geographers behind France and United States.
Top 6 Spanish Geographers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Spanish Geographers of all time. This list of famous Spanish Geographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1

Muhammad al-Idrisi
1100 - 1165
HPI 79.4084 langsMuhammad al-Idrisi was a Muslim geographer and cartographer from the 11th century. He is most famous for his work, "Tabula Rogeriana," which...Read moreShow less
Muhammad al-Idrisi was a Muslim geographer and cartographer from the 11th century. He is most famous for his work, "Tabula Rogeriana," which is a map of the world.
- #2

Pomponius Mela
15 - 100
HPI 69.6439 langsPomponius Mela was a Roman geographer who is most famous for his work "De Chorographia" which explains the geographical knowledge of the...Read moreShow less
Pomponius Mela was a Roman geographer who is most famous for his work "De Chorographia" which explains the geographical knowledge of the world at the time.
- #3

Ibn Jubayr
1145 - 1217
HPI 68.8230 langsIbn Jubayr was a medieval traveler and author who is most famous for his account of his pilgrimage to Mecca and his travels in the Middle...Read moreShow less
Ibn Jubayr was a medieval traveler and author who is most famous for his account of his pilgrimage to Mecca and his travels in the Middle East.
- #4

Al-Bakri
1014 - 1094
HPI 68.1935 langsAl-Bakri is most famous for his book "The Book of Routes and Kingdoms" in which he describes the world's geography.
- #5

Abraham Cresques
1325 - 1387
HPI 65.9428 langsAbraham Cresques is most famous for designing the Catalan Atlas, which was one of the earliest maps to depict the New World.
- #6

Jehuda Cresques
1350 - 1427
HPI 61.1215 langscartographer from Palma, Majorca
