GEOGRAPHER

Abraham Cresques

1325 - 1387

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Abraham Cresques (Catalan pronunciation: [əβɾəˈam ˈkɾeskəs], 1325–1387), whose real name was Cresques (son of) Abraham, was a 14th-century Jewish cartographer from Palma, Majorca, then part of the Crown of Aragon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Cresques has received more than 108,752 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Cresques is the 25th most popular geographer (down from 21st in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Spain (down from 327th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Geographer.

Abraham Cresques is most famous for designing the Catalan Atlas, which was one of the earliest maps to depict the New World.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Abraham Cresques ranks 25 out of 86. Before him are Ibn Jubayr, James Lovelock, Sebastian Münster, David Harvey, Al-Bakri, and Élisée Reclus. After him are Zakariya al-Qazwini, Fra Mauro, William Morris Davis, Nicolas Sanson, Willem Blaeu, and Albrecht Penck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1325, Abraham Cresques ranks 5. Before him are Hafez, Inês de Castro, Francesco Landini, and Matthew Kantakouzenos. After him are Acamapichtli, Eleanor of Sicily, Uliana of Tver, Rupert II, Elector Palatine, Vladislav I of Wallachia, and Rainier II, Lord of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1387, Abraham Cresques ranks 5. Before him are Olaf II of Denmark, Charles II of Navarre, Peter IV of Aragon, and Elizabeth of Bosnia. After him are Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha, and Sāyaṇa.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham Cresques ranks 409 out of 3,355. Before him are Eleanor of Alburquerque (1374), Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (1848), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Hasdai Crescas (1340), Sancho VII of Navarre (1154), and María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880). After him are Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Ordoño I of Asturias (821), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Antoni Ramallets (1924), Carlos Arias Navarro (1908), and Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo (1963).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Spain

Among geographers born in Spain, Abraham Cresques ranks 5. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Pomponius Mela (15), Ibn Jubayr (1145), and Al-Bakri (1014). After him are Jehuda Cresques (1350).

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