Granada in al-Šarafī’s nautical atlases, and identification of a Majorcan model for al-Mursī’s chart
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https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2009.v30.i1.76Keywords:
Maghrebi and Andalusian chartmaking, Al-Šarafī, Granada, Pomegranate, Moriscos, Segura, Guadalquivir, Al-Mursī, Jaume Bertrán, Berenguer RipollAbstract
The identification of Granada with the icon of a pomegranate in al-Šarafī’s nautical atlases (1551, 1571) fuels an evocative image of the Naṣrid Kingdom, which also implies support to morisco refugees in the context of the Ottoman Turkish defence of Islam across the Mediterranean. The depiction of Granada and Sierra de Segura in Mediterranean chartmaking raises interesting questions of conceptualization and design but, above all, provides evidence to the interaction between the Maghrebi-Andalusian and Majorcan traditions. al-Mursī’s chart (1461) is presented here as a testimony for this.
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