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Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2016Description: 406 p., 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780226126968
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Contents:
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.
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Books Books Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library Main Library - 0.01 G 545 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G 545

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.

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