World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca: Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science)

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World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca: Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science)

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'Science historian David King wrote a monumental book about [a] cartographical miracle.'

Book Description
Two remarkable Iranian 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. The author shows that the geographical data derives from a 15th-century Central Asian source and that the mathematics underlying the grid was developed in 9th-century Baghdad.

World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca: Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science),David A. King,Brill Academic Publishers,9004113673,17th century,Cartography,Earth Sciences - Geography,History,Interior Design - General,Iran,Iran - History,Islamic Empire,Islamic Studies,Maps & Road Atlases,Mathematical geography,Religion,Science,Social Science,Sociology

Book Contents:

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  3. Al-Farabi and Aristotelian Syllogistics: Greek Theory and Islamic Practice (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science)
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  6. Art Deco House Style: An Architectual and Interior Design Source Book
  7. Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design
  8. Best Designed Hotels in Europe I: Urban Locations
  9. Century of Interior Design : The Design, the Designers, the Products, and the Profession 1900-2000
  10. Children's Room Essentials

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