Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean before the coming of the Portuguese : being a translation of Kitāb al-Fawāʼid fī uṣūl al-baḥr waʼl-qawāʼid of Aḥmad b. Mājid al-Najdī ; together with an introduction on the history of Arab navigation, notes on the navigational techniques and on the topography of the Indian Ocean and a glossary of navigational terms /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Arabic |
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London :
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1981, c1971.
[date of publication not identified]
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| Series: | Oriental Translation Fund (Series) ;
new ser., v. 42. |
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| Item Description: | Seven folded maps in pocket. Includes index. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvi, 614 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. + 7 folded maps (in pocket) |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages xix-xxvi. |