Medieval Islamic maps : an exploration / Karen C. Pinto.
Pubblicazione:
Chicago : The University of Chicago press, c2016.
Descrizione fisica:
X, 405 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Note on translation. 1. Introduction: ways of seeing Islamic maps 2. A look back 3. A sketch of the Islamic mapping tradition 4. KMMS world maps primer 5. Iconography of the encircling ocean 6. Classical and Medieval encircling oceans 7. The Muslim Bahr al-Muhit 8. The Beja in time and space 9. How the Beja capture imagination 10. Mehmed II and map patronage 11. The KMMS Ottoman cluster 13. Conclusion: mundis est immundus. Acknowledgments. Notes. Bibliography. Index
