chart of Angelino Dulcert, and finding its epitome in the Catalan Atlas of 1375 (attributed to Majorcan cartographer Abraham Cresques), contained a lot more inland detail and was replete with rich colorful illustrations, depicting cities, mountain ranges, rivers and some miniature people. Among the quintessential features replicated in almost all Majorcan charts: scattered notes and labels in Catalan the Red Sea painted red the Atlas Mountains depicted as a palm tree the Alps as a chicken's foot the Tagus as a shepherd's crook, with the curve wrapping around Toledo. the Danube as a chain of links or hillocks. Bohemia as a horseshoe the Canary island of Lanzarote colored with a Genoese shield (red cross on white). the island of Rhodes also colored with a shield with a cross. the striped shield of the Crown of Aragon replicated as often as possible, including covering the island of Majorca itself. a compass rose somewhere on the map, with the Pole Star set on the north. Among the miniature people routinely found in many Majorcan maps are depictions of the traders on the Silk Road and the trans-Saharan route, the Emperor of Mali seated on a gold mine and the ship of Jaume Ferrer. Although the Italian school largely adhered to its sparse style, some later Italian cartographers, such as the Pizzigani brothers and Battista Beccario toyed with Majorcan themes, and introduced some of their features into their own maps. Although some historians like to distinguish the Italian maps as "nautical" and the Majorcan maps as "nautico-geographic", it is important to note that the Majorcan portolans did not sacrifice the essential nautical function of their portolans. Lift the entertaining illustrations, and the Majorcan maps are as nautically detailed and serviceable as the Italian. Members Major members of the Majorcan school of cartography include: Angelino Dulcert (fl. 1339) - possibly a Genoese immigrant. Abraham Cresques (fl. 1375) Jehuda Cresques ("Jaume Riba"/"Jacobus Ribes") Haym ibn Risch ("Joan de Vallsecha") Guillem Soler (fl. 1380s) Mecia de Viladestes (fl. 1410s) Jacomé of Majorca (1420s?) - moved to Portugal Gabriel de Vallseca (fl.1430s-40s) Pere Rosell (fl.1460s) Jaume Bertran (fl. 1480s). Unlike in Italy, where the crafts of instrument-making and cartography were distinct, most of the Majorcan cartographers also worked as makers of nautical instruments - often appearing in civic records, as both master map-maker and bruixoler ("compass-maker"). Some were also amateur or professional cosmographers, with expertise in astrology