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- Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Yossef Rapoport (Queen Mary, UoL) – Lost Maps of the Caliphs: Drawing the World in Eleventh-Century Cairo – Lecture and Book Launch
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomLOST MAPS OF THE CALIPHS Drawing the World in Eleventh-Century Cairo by Yossef Rapoport and Emilie Savage-Smith About a millennium ago, an unknown author in Cairo completed a large and richly illustrated book. In the course of thirty-five chapters, this book guided the reader on a journey from the outermost cosmos and planets to Earth…