Islamic maps
Publication details: Oxford Bodleian Library 2020Description: 192pISBN:- 9781851244928
- 912 RAP
Contents:
Contents
Introduction 6
1 A Mathematician's Map of the Nile 11
2 A World of Islam in Circles and Lines 39
3 The Mysterious Book of Curiosities 65
4 The Grid of a l-Sharif al-Idris'i 93
5 The Expanding Horizons of an
Ottoman Admiral 125
6 An Astrolabe for a Shah, or Finding the
Direction of Mecca in Safavid Isfahan 153
Timeline 180
Notes 181
Further Reading 185
Index 188
Acknowledgements 191
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library | BK | 912 RAP | Available | 022829 |
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Contents
Introduction 6
1 A Mathematician's Map of the Nile 11
2 A World of Islam in Circles and Lines 39
3 The Mysterious Book of Curiosities 65
4 The Grid of a l-Sharif al-Idris'i 93
5 The Expanding Horizons of an
Ottoman Admiral 125
6 An Astrolabe for a Shah, or Finding the
Direction of Mecca in Safavid Isfahan 153
Timeline 180
Notes 181
Further Reading 185
Index 188
Acknowledgements 191
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