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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VerfasserInnen: Rapoport, Yossef (VerfasserIn)
Savage-Smith, Emilie (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press , [2018]
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Bibliogr. Hinweis: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]
Verantwortlich:Yossef Rapoport and Emilie Savage-Smith
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:349 Seiten, 24 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780226540887