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An Ottoman cosmography : translation of Cihānnümā /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657 (Author)
Corporate Author: E.J. Brill (Firm)
Other Authors: Hagen, Gottfried, 1963- (Editor), Dankoff, Robert (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from 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.
Cartography.
Cosmography.
Geography.
Spherical astronomy.
World maps.
Turkey.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • References and Abbreviations
  • Outline of Cihānnümā
  • Introduction to Cihānnümā
  • Gottfried Hagen
  • Introduction to the Translation
  • Robert Dankoff
  • Translation of Cihānnümā
  • Part 1, by Kātib Çelebi
  • Ferenc Csirkés, John Curry and Gary Leiser
  • Introduction
  • 1. On the Earth
  • 2. On the Seas
  • 3. On the Major Parts of the Earth
  • 4. On the Continent of Europe
  • 5. On (the Continent of) Africa
  • 6. On the Continent of Asia
  • 7. On (the Continent of) America, i.e., the New World
  • 8. On 90 Latitude
  • 9. On the South Pole
  • 10. On the Relation of Countries and Directions, According to the Triplicities of the Constellations and Planets
  • 11. On the Inhabitants of the World with Respect to Religions
  • 12. Island of Yāpūnīā (Iaponia, Japan)
  • 13. Map of (New) Guinea
  • 14. Islands of Chīn u Hind (East Indies)
  • 15. Islands of Gilolo and Molucca
  • 16. Mindanao, etc.
  • 17. Sumatra
  • 18. Borneo
  • 19. Island of Ceylon
  • 20. Clime of Chīn u Māchīn (China)
  • 21. Clime of Khitāy (Cathay)
  • 22. Clime of India
  • 23. Clime of Sind
  • 24. Country of Makran
  • 25. Clime of Zābulistān, Khwāst and Ashnāghar
  • 26. Country of Kashmir and Tibet
  • 27. Country of Sijistan
  • 28. Country of Badakhshān, Ghūr and Ṭukhāristān
  • 29. Clime of Kirmān, Hormuz and Lār
  • 30. Clime of Fārs
  • 31. Country of Khūzistān and Lūristān
  • 32. Clime of Jabal (i.e., Jibāl) or Persian Iraq
  • 33. Clime of Khurāsān and Quhistān
  • 34. Country of Qūmis, Tabaristān and Māzandarān
  • 35. Clime of Khwārazm, Daylam and Gīlān
  • 36. Clime of Transoxiana
  • 37. Clime of Turkistan and the Steppe
  • 38. Clime of Azerbaijan
  • 39. Clime of Arrān, Mūqān and Shirwān
  • 40. Country of Dagestan, Georgia, etc.
  • 41. Clime of Arminiyya
  • Part 2, by Ebū Bekr b. Behrām ed-Dimaşḳī
  • Gary Leiser
  • 42. Clime of al-Jazīra (Upper Mesopotamia)
  • 43. Clime of 'Irāq al-'Arab (Lower Mesopotamia)
  • 44. Description of the Arabian Peninsula
  • 45. Region of Shām (Syria)
  • 46. Description of (Province of) Anaṭolı
  • Appendix: Maps and Diagrams
  • About Maps and Diagrams
  • Maps and Diagrams
  • Index.