The Arabic Writing Tradition, an Historical Survey, Volume 11 : Mathematical Geography and Cartography in Islam and Their Legacy in the West Part 2 (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle East / the Arabic Writing Tradition: An H

Sezgin, Fuat/ Lameer, Joep (TRN)

Brill（2025/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 470 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004738638

Full Description

Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general, and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular, is still importance for the field.

Contents

Chapter IV

 A. The significance of the Arab presence in the Mediterranean from the perspective of the emergence of portolan charts

 B. The surviving Arabic portolan charts

 C. Portolan charts and mathematical geography

 D. The foundations of coordinate grids on European world maps

Chapter V

 A. Arab nautical science in the Indian Ocean as evidence of a highly developed mathematical geography and cartography

 B. Arab-Islamic astronomical navigation among the Portuguese

Chapter VI

 A. Arabic cartography of the Indian Ocean according to non-Arab sources

 B. Arabic cartography of the Indian Ocean among the Portuguese

 C. Summary

Bibliography

I: Index of proper names

II: Index of book titles

III: Tables of geographical coordinates

IV: Index of maps

V: Index of place names and terms