Book of Curiosities
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book-of-curiosities-0-12887119
title:
Book of Curiosities
text:
The Book of Curiosities is an anonymous 11th-century Arabic cosmography from Fatimid Egypt containing a series of early illustrated maps of the world and celestial diagrams of the universe and sky. The Book of Curiosities contains 17 maps in total, 14 of which are extremely rare not only in Islamic cartography but also in greater medieval map history. The cosmography includes the earliest recorded map of Sicily as well as a rectangular world map, considered the earliest surviving map with a grap
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Arabic book
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Curiosities
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date modified:
2024-01-22T20:02:44Z
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