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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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Chicago London
The University of Chicago Press
[2018]
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In: | Year: 2018 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Handwriting (Bodleian Library) Ms. Arab. c. 90
B Fatimidenreich / Map / World map / History 1000-1100 B Fatimidenreich / Cairo / Urban geography / History 1000-1100 |
Further subjects: | B
Cosmography
Early works to 1800
B Astronomy, Medieval (Egypt) Maps B Geography, Medieval Maps Egypt B Astronomy, Medieval B Astronomy, Medieval Maps Egypt B Islamic astrology Early works to 1800 B Islamic astrology B Gharāib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʿuyūn B Geography, Medieval B Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn B Geography, Medieval (Egypt) Maps B Cosmography |
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Summary: | 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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ISBN: | 022654088X |