Al-Idrisi (born

1100 in Ceuta in today. Spain, died. 116 6) correctly Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi - Arab cartographer , geographer and explorer who lived at the court of King Roger II of Sicily. In 1154 years of al-Idrisi has created a large map of the world called Tabula Idrisi (or Tabula rogeri), a southern orientation. In their relations with Poland, a journey he described, but since it never was, it confused with the Czech Republic, describing it as a country surrounded by mountains on all sides [need # 160; source].