Medieval Islamic maps : an exploration /

Hundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the Islamic world over the course of 8 centuries testifies to the enduring importance of these medieval visions for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinto, Karen C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Temas:
Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, > -957 or 958. > Masālik wa-al-mamālik.
Cartography > Islamic Empire > History.
Cartography > Islamic countries > History.
Geography, Arab.
Geography, Medieval.
Beja (African people)
Cartographie > Empire islamique > Histoire.
Cartographie > Pays musulmans > Histoire.
Géographie arabe.
Géographie médiévale.
Bedja (Peuple d'Afrique)
REFERENCE > Atlases & Gazetteers.
TRAVEL > Maps & Road Atlases.
Cartography.
Weltkarte
Kartografie
Islam
Islamic countries.
Islamic Empire.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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