Erschienen:
Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2016
Enthält:
A look back -- A sketch of the Islamic mapping tradition -- KMMS world maps primer -- Iconography of the encircling ocean -- Classical and medieval encircling oceans -- The muslim Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ -- The Beja in time and space -- How the Beja capture imagination -- Mehmed II and map patronage -- The KMMS Ottoman cluster -- Source of the Ottoman cluster -- Conclusion: mundus est immundus.
Umfang:
x, 406 Seiten; Illustrationen, Karten; 26 cm
Anmerkungen:
Mit Register
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
Introduction: Ways of seeing Islamic maps -- A look back -- A sketch of the Islamic mapping tradition -- KMMS world maps primer -- Iconography of the encircling ocean -- Classical and medieval encircling oceans -- The muslim Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ -- The Beja in time and space -- How the Beja capture imagination -- Mehmed II and map patronage -- The KMMS Ottoman cluster -- Source of the Ottoman cluster -- Conclusion: mundus est immundus