An Ottoman cosmography : translation of Cihānnümā

An Ottoman cosmography : translation of Cihānnümā /

"Cihānnümā is the summa of Ottoman geography and one of the axial texts of Islamic intellectual history. Kātib Çelebi (d. 1657) sought to combine the Islamic geographical tradition with the new European discoveries, atlases and surveys. His cosmography included a comprehensive description of th...

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Main Author: Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657 (Author)
Other Authors: Hagen, Gottfried, 1963- (Editor), Dankoff, Robert (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Turkish
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022
Series:Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ; v. 142.
Subjects:
Geography > Early works to 1800.
World maps > Early works to 1800.
Cartography > Early works to 1800.
Spherical astronomy > Early works to 1800.
Cosmography > Early works to 1800.
Turkey > Geography > Early works to 1800.
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