Ahmad ibn Mājid travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Ahmad ibn Mājid as Arab navigator and cartographer.
Ahmad ibn Mājid was born at Ras al-Khaimah in 1432.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as geographer, cartographer and writer.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Ahmad ibn Mājid died in 1500, aged 68. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as geographer, cartographer and writer
