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

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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1. Verfasser: Rapoport, Yossef (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Savage-Smith, Emilie (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, London The University of Chicago Press 2018
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Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn > Geography, Medieval > Maps > Astronomy, Medieval > Islamic astrology > Early works to 1800 > Cosmography > Gharāib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʿuyūn > Handschrift > Fatimidenreich > Karte > Weltkarte > Geschichte 1000-1100 > Kairo > Stadtgeografie
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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
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ISBN:9780226540887
978-0-226-54088-7