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Ahmed Bin Majid - The Sea’s Lion

11-Sep-07

Ahmed Bin Majid (Arabic:أحمد بن ماجد) (c.1432 - ?), was an Arab navigator and cartographer born in 1421 in Julphar, which is now known as Ras Al Khaimah. This city makes up one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates. He was raised with a family famous for seafaring; at the age of [...]