Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Transliteration ix
4. 1. Introduction. Ways of Seeing Islamic Maps 1
5. 2. A Look Back 9
6. 3. A Sketch of the Islamic Mapping Tradition 23
7. 4. KMMS World Maps Primer 59
8. 5. Iconography of the Encircling Ocean 79
9. 6. Classical and Medieval Encircling Oceans 113
10. 7. The Muslim Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ 147
11. 8. The Beja in Time and Space 187
12. 9. How the Beja Capture Imagination 201
13. 10. Meḥmed II and Map Patronage 219
14. 11. The KMMS Ottoman Cluster 233
15. 12. Source of the Ottoman Cluster 251
16. 13. Conclusion 279
17. Acknowledgments 283
18. Notes 291
19. Bibliography 355
20. Index 393