ARAB GEOGRAPHERS 



wrote for him his description of the earth in Arabic, which was 

 completed in 1154, and was accompanied by seventy maps and a 

 map of the world. Following the Greek model, the inhabited 



Edrisi's representation of Northern Europe, put together, and much reduced, 



from eight of his maps. [Chiefly after Seippel's reproduction (1896) and after 



Lelewel (1851).] Some of the Arabic names are numbered on the map 



and given below according to Seippel's reading. 



(i) "Khalia" (empty); (2) the first part of the 7th climate; (3) " gazirat 

 Birlanda " (the island of Birlanda, by a common error for Ireland) ; (4) 

 "kharab" (desert); (5) the island of "Dans" or "Vans" (Seippel reads 

 Wales); (6) "gazirat Angiltara " (the island of England); (7) "gazirat 

 Sqosia " (the island, or peninsula, of Scotland) ; (8) " al-bahr al-muslim ash- 

 shamali " (the dark northern ocean) ; (9) " gazirat Islanda " (the island of 

 Iceland); (10) "gazirat Danamarkha " (the island, or peninsula, of Denmark); 

 (11) "Hrsns" (Horsens) ; (12) " Alsia " (Als?); (13) "Sliaswiq"; (14) " Lun- 

 dunia" (Lund); (15) " sahil ard Polonia" (the coast of Poland); (16) 

 "Derlanem" (Bornholm?); (17) " Landsu(d)den " (in Finland); (18) "Zwada'* 

 (Sweden); (19) " nahr Qutelw" (the Gota river); (20) "gazirat Norwaga " 

 (the island of Norway); (21) may be read "Trona" (Trondhjem); (22) 

 " 'Oslo" (Oslo); (23) "Siqtun"; (24) "bilad Finmark" (the district of Fin- 

 mark); (25) "Qalmar"; (26) "Abuda" (Abo?); (27) "mabda' nahr 

 D(a)n(a)st" (the beginning of the river Dniestr?); (28) "ard Tabast " (the 

 land of Tavast) ; (29) " Dagwada " (Dago) ; (30) " gazirat Amazanus er-rigal 

 al-magus" (the island of the male heathen Amazons); (31) "gazirat Amazanus 

 an-nisa" (the island of the female Amazons). 



world, which was situated in the northern hemisphere, was di- 

 vided into seven climates, extending to 64° N. lat. ; farther north 



that Roger and Edrisi sent out trustworthy men with draughtsmen to the east, 

 west, south, and north, to draw from nature and describe everything remark- 

 able; and their information was then included in Edrisi's work. If this is true 

 (which is probably doubtful), these would be real geographical expeditions 

 that were sent out. 



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