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Ages 7–9Al-Idrisi was a geographer who worked in Sicily in the twelfth century.
King Roger II supported al-Idrisi’s work on a detailed description and map of the world.
1001 Inventions describes al-Idrisi gathering information from travelers while making his maps.
His geographical work included descriptions of cultures and societies, as well as physical places.
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