World-maps for finding the direction and distance to Mecca
innovation and tradition in Islamic science
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Author
Publication
1999 - Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
159,500 words, Guess
Page Count
638 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL41003M
- ISBN-109004113673
- OCLC Control Number41431694
- OCLC Control Numberworldmapsforfind00king
- Library of Congress Control Number99032292
and 2 more
- LibraryThing4321621
- Goodreads896722
Classifications
- DDC526/.0955/09032
- LCCGA1263.6 .K56 1999
Description
"Two remarkable Islamic world-maps were discovered in 1989 and 1995. Both are made of brass and date from 17th-century Iran. Mecca is at the centre and a highly sophisticated longitude and latitude grid enables the user to determine the direction and distance to Mecca for anywhere in the world between Andalusia and China. Prior to the discovery of these maps it was thought that such cartographic grids were conceived in Europe ca. 1910. This richly-illustrated book presents an overview of the ways in which Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction towards Mecca (qibla) and then describes the two world-maps in detail."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science,
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