Lost Maps of the Caliphs: Drawing the World in Eleventh-Century Cairo

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Discovery -- Chapter 2. Macrocosm to Microcosm: Reading the Skies and Stars in Fatimid Egypt -- Chapter 3. The Rectangular World Map -- Chapter 4. The Nile, The Mountain of the Moon, and the White Sand Dunes -- Chapter 5. The View from the Sea: Navig...

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Main Author: Rapoport, Yossef 1968- (Author)
Contributors: Savage-Smith, Emilie (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Handwriting (Bodleian Library) Ms. Arab. c. 90
B Fatimidenreich / Map / World map / History 1000-1100
Further subjects:B Astronomy, Medieval-Egypt-Maps
B Astronomy, Medieval
B Islamic astrology-Early works to 1800
B Geography, Medieval-Egypt-Maps
B Electronic books
B Islamic astrology
B Gharāib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʿuyūn
B Geography, Medieval
B Cosmography-Early works to 1800
B Cosmography
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Print version: Rapoport, Yossef: Lost Maps of the Caliphs : Drawing the World in Eleventh-Century Cairo. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press,c2018. - 9780226540887
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Summary:Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Discovery -- Chapter 2. Macrocosm to Microcosm: Reading the Skies and Stars in Fatimid Egypt -- Chapter 3. The Rectangular World Map -- Chapter 4. The Nile, The Mountain of the Moon, and the White Sand Dunes -- Chapter 5. The View from the Sea: Navigation and Representation of Maritime Space -- Chapter 6. Ports, Gates, Palaces: Drawing Fatimid Power on the Island-City Maps -- Chapter 7. The Fatimid Mediterranean -- Chapter 8. A Musk Road to China -- Chapter 9. Down the African Coast, From Aden to the Island of the Crocodile -- Chapter 10. The Book of Curiosities and the Islamic Geographical Tradition -- Conclusion. Maps, Seas, and the Isma'ili Mission -- Appendix: A Technical Discourse on Star Lore and Astrology -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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ISBN:022655340X