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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 103,995 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Abraham Cresques is the 21st most popular geographer (up from 25th in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Spain (down from 319th in 2019) and the 4th 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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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Abraham Cresques ranks 21 out of 67. Before him are Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Ya'qubi, David Harvey, Ibn Jubayr, and Élisée Reclus. After him are James Lovelock, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Al-Bakri, Fra Mauro, William Morris Davis, and Sebastian Münster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1325, Abraham Cresques ranks 4. Before him are Hafez, Inês de Castro, and Francesco Landini. After him are Matthew Kantakouzenos, Acamapichtli, Rupert II, Elector Palatine, Eleanor of Sicily, and Vladislav I of Wallachia. Among people deceased in 1387, Abraham Cresques ranks 5. Before him are Charles II of Navarre, Peter IV of Aragon, Elizabeth of Bosnia, and Olaf II of Denmark. After him is Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham Cresques ranks 327 out of 2,932. Before him are Isidore the Laborer (1080), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), John of Austria the Younger (1629), Diego de Landa (1524), Ruy López de Segura (1530), and Ferdinand Columbus (1488). After him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Catherine of Navarre (1470), Gérard Encausse (1865), César Manrique (1919), Peter of Alcantara (1499), and Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Spain

Among geographers born in Spain, Abraham Cresques ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Pomponius Mela (15), and Ibn Jubayr (1145). After him are Al-Bakri (1014).

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