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100	1		_aHiatt, Alfred.
245	1	0	_aCartography Between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World, 1100-1500 : _bDivergent Traditions.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_a1 online resource (247 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aMaps, Spaces, Cultures Series ; _vv.3
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Cartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World -- 1 Geographical thought in Medieval Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World -- 2 The Question of Interaction -- 1. The Transmission of Theoretical Geography: Maps of the Climata and the Reception -- 1 Maps of the Climata -- 1.1 The Seven Climes in the Arabic-Islamic Tradition -- 1.2 The Climata in the Latin West 1100-1500 -- 2 The World Map of De Causis Proprietatum Elementorum -- Appendix: Toponyms on the De causis map -- 2. Ptolemy's Geography in the Arabic-Islamic Context -- 1 Ptolemy and the Geography in Arab Sources -- 2 An Arabic Translation of the Geography? -- 3 The Geography (Ṣūrat al-arḍ) of al-Khwārazmī -- 4 The Nominal Authority of Ptolemy -- 5 Conclusion -- 3. The Transmission of Celestial Cartography from the Arabic-Islamic World to Europe -- 1 Traditions in Celestial Cartography -- 2 The Schoenberg Maps -- 3 Precession Correction -- 4 Iconography -- 5 Orientations -- 6 Conclusions -- 4. Geography at the Crossroads: The Nuzhat ­ al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq of al-Idrīsī -- 1 Al-Idrīsī and the Nuzhat al-mushtāq -- 2 The Nuzhat al-mushtāq at the Crossroads -- 5. "Transitional" or "Transcultural" Maps? The Function -- 1 Vesconte and Sanudo's World Map and Its Arabic-Islamic Counterpart -- 2 The Transmission of Arabic-Islamic Knowledge and Its Challenges: The Case of the Mountains of the Moon and the Caspian Sea -- 3 Place Names -- 4 The World Map and Sanudo's Liber secretorum -- 5 Conclusion -- 6. Pluricultural Sources of the Catalan Atlas -- 1 The Jewish Mapmakers of Majorca and Barcelona, Readers of Marco Polo? -- 2 Knowledge of Africa and India -- 3 A Collection of Stories and Images -- 3.1 The Caravan in the Lop Nor Desert -- 3.2 The Sati Ritual -- 4 Conclusion.
505	8		_aConclusion: Divergent Traditions -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts -- Classical and Medieval Works -- Secondary Works -- Index.
520			_aCartography between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World offers a timely assessment of interaction between medieval Christian European and Arabic-Islamic geographical thought, making the case for significant but limited cultural transfer across a range of map genres.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHiatt, Alfred _tCartography Between Christian Europe and the Arabic-Islamic World, 1100-1500 _dBoston : BRILL,c2021 _z9789004444911
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aMaps, Spaces, Cultures Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6644226 _zClick to View
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