Description: (Merchant)
Cosmas Indicopleustes, a merchant turned hermit from Alexandria, Egypt in the 6th century, undertook multiple voyages to India during Emperor Justinian's reign. Known for his work "Christian Topography," he produced early and renowned world maps. Cosmas, a pupil of East Syriac Patriarch Aba I and a follower of the Church of the East, led a professional life marked by travel, exploration, and religious scholarship. His significant contributions to geography and cartography greatly influenced the understanding of the world in his era.