Unveiling a Ghost. About an Islamic Mappa Mundi, the Tower of Hercules, and Representations of Lighthouses in Medieval Cartography
The cosmographic and geographical Arab treatise titled The Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes (first half of the 10th century), is preserved, since its acquisition in the year 2002, at the Oxford Bodleian Library. Inside his pages it contains a rectangular world map, which...
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Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Navarra
2017-12-01
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Series: | Memoria y Civilización |
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Online Access: | https://www.unav.edu/publicaciones/revistas/index.php/myc/article/view/9329 |