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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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Chicago London
The University of Chicago Press
[2018]
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| Em: | Ano: 2018 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Grafia (Bodleian Library) Ms. Arab. c. 90
B Fatimidenreich / Mapa / Mapa mundi / História 1000-1100 B Fatimidenreich / Kairo / Geografia urbana / História 1000-1100 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | 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 |
| Acesso em linha: |
Sumário |
| Parallel Edition: | Recurso Electrónico
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| Resumo: | 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 |