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Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration
Karen C. Pinto
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Description for Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBTP1; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 190 x 265 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1480.
Hundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the Islamic world over the course of eight centuries testifies to the enduring importance of these medieval visions for the Muslim cartographic imagination. With Medieval Islamic Maps, historian Karen C. Pinto brings us the first in-depth exploration of medieval Islamic cartography from the mid-tenth to the nineteenth century.
Pinto focuses on the distinct tradition of maps known collectively as the Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik, or KMMS), examining them ... Read more
Hundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the Islamic world over the course of eight centuries testifies to the enduring importance of these medieval visions for the Muslim cartographic imagination. With Medieval Islamic Maps, historian Karen C. Pinto brings us the first in-depth exploration of medieval Islamic cartography from the mid-tenth to the nineteenth century.
Pinto focuses on the distinct tradition of maps known collectively as the Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik, or KMMS), examining them ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226126968
SKU
V9780226126968
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