Medieval Islamic maps: an exploration

by Pinto, Karen C.

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Full title :Medieval Islamic maps : an exploration / Karen C. Pinto.

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Publication Date:© 2016

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Publisher(s):The University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication:Chicago ; London
Language:eng
Publication Date:© 2016

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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.