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MEDIEVAL
MAPS from c.700 to c.1500 |
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ATLAS |
*A Historical Atlas of South Asia, ed. by Joseph E. Schwartzberg (1992)**-- complete, zoomable (DSAL) |
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Metropolitan Museum timeline displays with both maps and images: for the *Himalayan region**; for the *North**; for the *South** |
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Medieval maps with commentary by Henry Davis: *maps from 400 to 1300**; *maps from 1300 to 1500** |
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*A historical sequence** of smallish buthandy maps; click 'Maps and Chronology', then scroll down in the left-hand window |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 700 CE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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*Maps
from the "Historical Atlas of Islam"* (Brice 1981) *Maps from Princeton**; *Maps from Penn** |
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*South
Asia, c.550-1757* (Stein 1998) *South Asia, c.700-1200* (Schmidt 1999) |
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*The Caliphate in 750** (Shepherd 1923) |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 800 CE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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*Caliphate,
Byzantime empire, in 814** (Shepherd 1923) *Islamic expansion by c.850** |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 900 CE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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*The world, the Persian Gulf, by Al-Istakhri, c.977* |
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*The Ghaznavid empire under Mahmud Ghaznavi, c.1025* |
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*Al-biruni's view of the world, Lahore, c.1029* |
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Maps by Thomas Lessman, of the eastern hemisphere in: *1025 CE**; *1100 CE**; *1200 CE** |
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*A world map by al-Idrisi, working in Sicily, 1154** |
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*Trade routes Europe-India, c.1200's** (Shepherd 1923) |
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*The Ghurid empire at its maximum extent, c.1206* |
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*The Mongol onslaught and conquests, 1200's-1400's*; *a quick overview** |
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3 OVERVIEWS |
The growth and decline of
the Delhi
Sultanate, according to: *Joppen 1907*; *Roolvink 1957*; *Schmidt 1999* |
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MUNDI, 1300 |
*The Hereford
Mappa Mundi** |
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*Ptolemaic maps-- some of the earliest ever printed* (Rome, 1478) |
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*Asia and other maps and views, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493* |
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*The "Cantino planisphere," an early globe, 1502** |
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*A view from the Rotz Atlas, 1542** (BL) |
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*Maps and views from Münster's famous "Cosmographia"* |
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FALL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE |
*Byzantine
Empire, Ottoman Turks, 1355** (Shepherd 1923) *Ottoman Empire, 1451-1481 (Constantinople)** (Shepherd 1923) *Ottoman Empire, 1481-1683** (Shepherd 1923) *Dismemberment after 1683** (Shepherd 1923) |
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== *the honor roll of map dealers* == |