Original Tabula Rogeriana (1154) with south up. The Moroccan geographer, Muhammad al-Idrisi , incorporated the knowledge of Africa , the Indian Ocean and the Far East gathered by Arab merchants and explorers with the information inherited from the classical geographers to create the most accurate map of the world at the time.

The Arab geographer, Muhammad al-Idrisi, produced his medieval atlas, Tabula Rogeriana or The Recreation for Him Who Wishes to Travel Through the Countries, in 1154.He incorporated the knowledge of Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Far East gathered by Arab merchants and explorers with the information inherited from the classical geographers to create the most accurate map …

Tabula Rogeriana lub Tabula Idrisiana). Geograf zamieścił w niej również informacje o Polsce, którą nazwał Buluniia (z łac. Polonia – Polska), wymieniając jej ważniejsze miasta, m.in. Kraków, Gniezno, Wrocław, Sieradz, Łęczyc ...