Lost maps of the caliphs : drawing the world in eleventh-century Cairo

1. Verfasser: Rapoport, Yossef, 1968- , [VerfasserIn]
Savage-Smith, Emilie , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Umfang/Format: 349 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn.
Astronomy, Medieval > Egypt > Maps.
Cosmography > Early works to 1800.
Geography, Medieval > Egypt > Maps.
Islamic astrology > Early works to 1800.
Parallelausgabe: Lost maps of the caliphs : drawing the world in eleventh-century Cairo., Rapoport, Yossef, 1968- (Online version)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • A discovery
  • Macrocosm to microcosm: reading the skies and stars in Fatimid Egypt
  • The rectangular world map
  • The Nile, the Mountain of the Moon, and the white sand dunes
  • The view from the sea: navigation and representation of maritime space
  • Ports, gates, palaces: drawing Fatimid power on the island-city maps
  • The Fatimid Mediterranean
  • A musk road to China
  • Down the African coast, from Aden to the Island of the Crocodile
  • The Book of Curiosities and the Islamic geographical tradition
  • Conclusion: maps, seas, and the Ismaili mission.

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