Funny enough, I was recently reading a series of essays on the European Crusades, and one of the more interesting (and compelling, given the evidence) suggestions was that maps made in the Islamic world had a much better idea of the geography of Frankish Europe than Frankish Europe itself had.
@[email protected] You might also find this interesting/amusing, though you may already be aware
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Funny enough, I was recently reading a series of essays on the European Crusades, and one of the more interesting (and compelling, given the evidence) suggestions was that maps made in the Islamic world had a much better idea of the geography of Frankish Europe than Frankish Europe itself had.
@[email protected] You might also find this interesting/amusing, though you may already be aware