Cartography - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Cartography - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Brentjes, Sonja

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061210
Doc. NO	:	ALei1607
Main Entry	:	Brentjes, Sonja
Title & Author	:	Cartography - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Brentjes, Sonja
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(7,433 words)
Abstract	:	The word cartography first appears in the nineteenth century, coined by Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa, Viscount of Santarém (1791–1856). In this survey, it will be used as a synonym for the practices of mapmaking and for the results of those practices. The Chicago history of cartography includes in its purview maps of the universe and maps of the earth as a whole, as well as parts of the planet. This entry will focus on terrestrial imaging in premodern Islamicate societies; there is little research on mapmaking for
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1607.pdf