Lost maps of the caliphs : drawing the world in eleventh-century Cairo /

About a millennium ago, in Cairo, an unknown author completed a large and richly illustrated book. In the course of thirty-five chapters, this book guided the reader on a journey from the outermost cosmos and planets to Earth and its lands, islands, features, and inhabitants. This treatise, known as...

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Main Authors:	Rapoport, Yossef, 1968- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Savage-Smith, Emilie (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author:	Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018
Subjects:	Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn > ^A3143524 Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn Early works to 1800 Astronomy, Medieval > Egypt > Maps Cartography > Islamic Empire Cosmography > Early works to 1800 > ^A2420354 Cosmography > Early works to 1800 Cosmography > History Geography, Medieval > Egypt > Maps Islamic astrology > Early works to 1800 Islamic astrology > History Astrologie islamique > Histoire Cartographie > Empire islamique Cosmographie > Histoire Géographie médiévale > Égypte > Cartes 39.01 history of astronomy Astronomy, Medieval Cosmography Geography, Medieval Islamic astrology TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography Egypt Cartes géographiques Documents d'information Early works Informational works Maps

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