Medieval Islamic Maps An Exploration [#450247]

Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration by Karen C. Pinto
English | November 1, 2016 | ISBN: 022612696X | True EPUB | 384 pages | 126 MB
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.