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...
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (381 pages) |
| ISBN: | 022655340X |