File:1375 Atlas Catalan Abraham Cresques.jpg

Summary

Cresques Abraham: Atlas Cresques

Artist

Cresques Abraham (1325–1387)
Alternative names	Abraham Cresques
Description	-Spanish cartographer, illustrator and geographer
Date of birth/death	11 July 1325	March 1387
Location of birth/death	Palma de Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca
Work location	Mallorca
Authority file	: Q329893 VIAF: 97751321 ISNI: 0000000081688695 ULAN: 500036288 LCCN: n79120231 NLA: 35708977 WorldCat

Title

Catalan Atlas

Object type

world map

Description

English: Atlas from the 14th century attributed to Abraham Cresques.

Español: Atlas del siglo XIV atribuido al geógrafo y cartógrafo judío mallorquín Cresques Abraham.

Français : Atlas du XIV^e siècle attribué à Abraham Cresques. Cet atlas de cartes marines en langue catalane a été réalisé en 1375 environ.

Nederlands: Montage van 8 pagina's uit de Catelaanse Atlas van Cresques; de toenmalig bekende wereld.

Українська: Каталанський атлас 14 століття приписується Аврааму Крескесу. 8 сторінок (з 3-го по 6-й аркуші).

Date

1375

Publication date

1375

Medium

vellum

Dimensions

height: 645 mm (25.3 in) ; width: 3,000 mm (118.1 in)

Collection

Bibliothèque nationale de France

	Native name	Bibliothèque nationale de France
	Parent institution	Ministry of Culture
	Location	2nd arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 50′ 01″ N, 2° 22′ 33″ E
	Established	1368
	Website	catalogue.bnf.fr
	Authority file	: Q193563 VIAF: 137156173 ISNI: 0000000123531945 ULAN: 500309981 LCCN: no95028191 NLA: 35553176 WorldCat

Object location

48° 50′ 01″ N, 2° 22′ 33″ E

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Authority file

: Q1356297
VIAF: 202970197
BNF: 155890387

Source/Photographer

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Other versions

This file has multiple extracted images:

1375 Atlas Catalan Abraham Cresques (cropped).jpg
1375 Catalan Atlas by Abraham Cresques - Taprobana detail.jpg

Assessment

Valued image
	This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image on Commons within the scope Catalan Atlas. This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the Persian language Wikipedia (نگاره‌های برگزیده) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 18 January 2022. It was captioned as follows:

English: Atlas from the 14th century attributed to Abraham Cresques.

Other languages:

Čeština: Katalánský atlas ze 14. století připisovaný kartografovi Abrahamu Cresquesovi.

Deutsch: Der Katalanische Weltatlas, eine 1375 von Abraham Cresques und seinem Sohn Jehuda angefertigte Darstellung der damals bekannten Welt.

English: Atlas from the 14th century attributed to Abraham Cresques.

Español: Atlas del siglo XIV atribuido al geógrafo y cartógrafo mallorquín Cresques Abraham.

Français : Atlas du XIVe siècle attribué à Abraham Cresques. Cet atlas de cartes marines en langue catalane a été réalisé vers 1375.

Magyar: Abraham Cresquesnek tulajdonított 14. századi atlasz

Nederlands: Montage van 8 pagina's uit de Catalaanse Atlas van Abraham en Jehoeda Cresques uit 1375, die de destijds bekende wereld toont

Português: Atlas do século XIV atribuído ao geógrafo e cartógrafo de Maiorca, Abraão Cresques.

Македонски: Атлас од XIV век припишан на мајорканскиот картограф Авраам Крескес.

Русский: Монтаж 8 страниц (4 листа) Каталонского атласа

Українська: Каталанський атлас 14 століття приписується Аврааму Крескесу (8 сторінок, 4 аркуші).

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

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	02:07, 12 May 2018	11,811 × 3,850 (23.67 MB)	Crisco 1492	Use clone tool to remove pure white spots from background
	15:00, 10 May 2018	11,758 × 3,767 (23.48 MB)	Yann	Cropped < 1 % horizontally, 2 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
	16:13, 1 July 2015	11,811 × 3,850 (23.67 MB)	Joop Rotte	{{Information \|Description ={{nl\|1=Montage van 8 pagina's uit de Catelaanse Atlas van Cresques; de toenmalig bekende wereld. }} \|Source =[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55002481n/f14.zoom.r=cresques.langEN Bibliothèque Nationale de F...

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Horizontal resolution	600 dpi
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Software used	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows)
File change date and time	09:10, 12 May 2018
Exif version	2.21
Color space	Uncalibrated
Date and time of digitizing	18:05, 1 July 2015
Date metadata was last modified	16:10, 12 May 2018
Unique ID of original document	xmp.did:103C261C0120E51192ABEB59390F4A8E

File:1375 Atlas Catalan Abraham Cresques.jpg

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