https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Rogeriana
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Because which direction is "up" and which direction is "down" on a map is completely arbitrary, and many cultures designated North as the "down" direction until a universal standard was adopted.
The text on the top (bottom?) of the picture is upside down. Why did you upload it like this?
It's flipped to resemble a modern map. When Al-Adrisi made this map for Roger II of Sicily, he had South pointing up and North pointing down.
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Here it is "rightside up" (upside down to us today)
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