Lost maps of the caliphs : drawing the world in eleventh-century Cairo
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 o...
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| বিন্যাস: | গ্রন্থ |
| ভাষা: | English |
| প্রকাশিত: |
Chicago ; London
: The University of Chicago Press
, [2018]
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| সম্পর্কিত উপাদান: | Erscheint auch als:
Lost Maps of the Caliphs Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Yossef Rapoport; Emilie Savage-Smith, Lost maps of the Caliphs. Drawing the world in eleventh-century Cairo] |
| লেখক সম্পর্কিত টীকা: | Yossef Rapoport and Emilie Savage-Smith |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | 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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| দৈহিক বর্ননা: | 349 Seiten, 24 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Karten |
| আইসবিএন: | 9780226540887 |
