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World maps --- Early works to 1800 --- Facsimiles --- Geography [Medieval ] --- England --- History

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The territory discussed in this book represents the farthest northern and northeast regions of the world known to ancient and medieval geographers and corresponds to modern-day Scandinavia, Russia, Eastern Europe, and countries east of the Caspian Sea. They figured prominently in cartography of the Middle Ages. The mythical island of Scandza, the land of the Amazons, the apocalyptic tribes of Gog and Magog, and other traditional symbols of chaos and barbarity existed side by side and often merged with new knowledge about people, cities, and states. Originally published in Russian, this book offers an analysis of 198 western European and Byzantine maps that date between the eighth and thirteenth centuries and contain information about het north and northeast of the known world.

Geodesy. Cartography --- anno 500-1499 --- Geography, Medieval --- Cartography --- Géographie médiévale --- Cartographie --- History --- Histoire --- Eurasia --- Eurasie --- Maps --- Cartes --- Early maps. --- History. --- Europe, Eastern --- Geography, Medieval. --- 912 "04/14" --- 912 <09> <4-11> --- 912 <09> <4-17> --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Middeleeuwen --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van ...--Oost-Europa --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van ...--Noord-Europa --- Géographie médiévale --- Early maps --- Atlases, Historical --- Historical atlases --- Middle Ages --- Geography --- Medieval geography --- Maps, Early --- East Europe --- Eastern Europe --- Cartography - History. --- Geography, Medieval - History. --- Geography, Medieval - Maps. --- Cartography - History --- Geography, Medieval - Maps --- Europe, Eastern - Maps

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Every age has its own geography, separate and distinct from the geographies of earlier and succeeding ages. This 1973 book seeks to examine the complex of natural and man-made features which have provided the background of history, influencing its course and themselves modified by human action. Professor Pounds examines five short periods, each of which is not only relatively well documented, but also important in the climax of a civilisation. In a sense, each represents the climax of a longer period of historical development. The aim is to survey the whole of Europe for each of the chosen periods, not merely those areas which have been highlighted by documents and events. Northern Europe in the age of Pericles and eastern Europe in all periods are, for example, examined, alongside the better-known Mediterranean region, France and the Rhineland. Considerable use is made of maps, all specially prepared for this book.

Geography --- World history --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Europe --- Historical geography --- Géographie historique --- Geography, Medieval --- Geography, Ancient --- 912 <09> <4> --- Medieval geography --- Ancient geography --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van ...--Europa --- Historical geography. --- Geography, Ancient. --- Geography, Medieval. --- Geografie --- Landschapskunde --- Historische geografie --- Algemeen. --- Géographie historique --- Earth Sciences --- Europe - Historical geography

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Hundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the Islamic world over the course of eight centuries testifies to the enduring importance of these medieval visions for the Muslim cartographic imagination. With Medieval Islamic Maps, historian Karen C. Pinto brings us the first in-depth exploration of medieval Islamic cartography from the mid-tenth to the nineteenth century. Pinto focuses on the distinct tradition of maps known collectively as the Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik, or KMMS), examining them from three distinct angles-iconography, context, and patronage. She untangles the history of the KMMS maps, traces their inception and evolution, and analyzes them to reveal the identities of their creators, painters, and patrons, as well as the vivid realities of the social and physical world they depicted. In doing so, Pinto develops innovative techniques for approaching the visual record of Islamic history, explores how medieval Muslims perceived themselves and their world, and brings Middle Eastern maps into the forefront of the study of the history of cartography.

Cartography --- Geography, Arab --- History --- Islam --- Geodesy. Cartography --- anno 500-1499 --- Beja (African people). --- Cartography. --- Geography, Arab. --- Geography, Medieval. --- Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, --- Islamic Empire. --- Cartography - Islamic countries - History --- Arab geography --- Geography, Arabic --- Geography, Medieval --- Cartography, Primitive --- Chartography --- Map-making --- Mapmaking --- Mapping (Cartography) --- Mathematical geography --- Surveying --- Map projection --- Maps --- History.

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History of Europe --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1200-1299 --- anno 1300-1399 --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Discoveries in geography --- Geography, Medieval. --- History. --- 940.1 --- 930.9 "04/14" --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Wereldgeschiedenis: Middeleeuwen --- 930.9 "04/14" Wereldgeschiedenis: Middeleeuwen --- 940.1 Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Civilization, Medieval --- Geography, Medieval --- Medieval civilization --- Middle Ages --- Civilization --- Chivalry --- Renaissance --- Geography --- Medieval geography --- History