Medieval Islamic Maps:

Karen C. Pinto

Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration - 406 p., 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A look back -- A sketch of the Islamic mapping tradition -- KMMS world maps primer -- Iconography of the encircling ocean -- Classical and medieval encircling oceans -- The muslim Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ -- The Beja in time and space -- How the Beja capture imagination -- Mehmed II and map patronage -- The KMMS Ottoman cluster -- Source of the Ottoman cluster -- Conclusion: mundus est immundus.

9780226126968

2015017867


Cartography--History--Islamic countries
Geography--Maps