Chronology of European exploration of Asia
This is a chronology of the early European exploration of Asia.
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The Tabula Rogeriana (1154), by Muhammad al-Idrisi
Cosmas Indicopleustes was a merchant and later hermit from Alexandria in Egypt. He was a 6th-century traveller who made several voyages to India during the reign of emperor Justinian. His work Christian Topography contained some of the earliest and most famous world maps.
Cosmas was a pupil of the East Syriac Patriarch Aba I and was himself a follower of the Church of the East.
A theoretical model of the universe.
World picture from Christian Topography.