The Catalan Atlas of 1375: The Most Interesting Map in the WorldBy: Dr. Markus Cruse
The Catalan Atlas is a world map made in 1375 for King Charles V of France (r. 1364-1380) and is today housed in the National Library of France. A table map, the Atlas measures about 10 feet long and 2 feet high and is famous for being the oldest surviving map to draw extensively on Marco Polo’s Description of the World. In this illustrated lecture, Dr. Markus Cruse will discuss the Atlas’s origins and sources, its innovative depictions of major places and peoples, its relationship to the library of King Charles V, and its place in the history of cartography.
Dr. Cruse is Associate Professor of French in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the relationship between literature and visual culture in medieval Europe. His publications have examined the legend of Alexander the Great, manuscript illumination, heraldry, the Louvre, and medieval theater, among other subjects.
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Institut nova historia, if tou wants to know a lot more about the creques family and the academy of cartographers of Mallorca, catalan speaking people
Why didn't you credit the Catalan Atlas to its author, Abraham Cresqes (real name Cresques (son of) Abraham) in your intro? It takes some nerve to stand on the shoulders of a great cartographer, call your thesis the most interesting map in the world, and not mention the creator up front. Cresques btw used many other sources besides the Polos' account. It's belittling to suggest otherwise. His sources and synthesis of them is astonishing.
@xavisanchez7522
9 ай бұрын
You can see what is modern scholar academics is becoming, not only that, they dont even know how to pronounce the locations of the balearic islands 😢 not even their native language
@lluisbofarullros3223
5 ай бұрын
It's surprising that the name of Ramon Llull was never mentioned in the whole conference
Thank you for this video. Much appreciated. Side note... The comments here are evidence of the hateful heart of men. Sad, very sad.
I do believe cresques did not have access to marco polo travels, but from travels from catalan explorers and embassadeurs, like the reality and common sense will dictate
@patriciaborns1754
9 ай бұрын
It's well documented that he was a familiar of the King and Prince and was given access to it by them. They commissioned the work, after all. And from other writings, Catalan explorers, and others, just as you say.
What an opportunity to dismantle the whole spanish history, how come you didnt mention it? As you should already known, catalan language was spanish until 16 century, and specially after 1920, when castilian became spanish, how come scholars are not helping to correct this cultural genocide? Check the flags of the 1573 teixieira map of america, these are the same flags as the catalan atls, the flags of the Catalan Empire ,
Listen, its Pere III, el cerimonios! Not peter 4, why are you lying and denying the real origin of the Catalan House of Barcelona, the Kings of Darragona, Valencia, Mallorca, sicilia, etc? Stop lying
Not such a thing call Spain in 1375, that’s why you call it Catalan Atlas, not Spanish Atlas and it was made by a jews in Balearic islands, not Spain by that time.
Old french, whatever in order to not to say OCCITAN, which os the language that you are talking about, hahaha franco venetian, that must me the massive joke of scholars, innit
@MarinaMontserrat
7 ай бұрын
Is Langue d'oc a better name for this language in the Middle Ages?
@lluisbofarullros3223
5 ай бұрын
@@MarinaMontserrat Occitan (certainly Langue d'Oc) and Catalan are the correct names for this language. As far as I know Occitan and Catalan were considerd the same until 1934.