Spain: A caravan on the Silk Road as represented in the Catalan Atlas, 1375 by Abraham Cresques (1325-1387)

The Catalan Atlas (1375) is the most important Catalan map of the medieval period. It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Cresques Abraham, a Jewish book illuminator who was self-described as being a master of the maps of the world as well as compasses. It has been in the royal library of France (now the Bibliotheque nationale de France) since the late 14th century. (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)