The Navigational Theory Of The Arabs In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries
DOWNLOAD
Download The Navigational Theory Of The Arabs In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Navigational Theory Of The Arabs In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Navigational Theory Of The Arabs In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries
DOWNLOAD
Author : G. R. Tibbetts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Navigational Theory Of The Arabs In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries written by G. R. Tibbetts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Navigation categories.
The Navigational Theory Of The Arabs In The 15th And 16th Centuries
DOWNLOAD
Author : G. R. Tibbetts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Navigational Theory Of The Arabs In The 15th And 16th Centuries written by G. R. Tibbetts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
The Principles Of Arab Navigation
DOWNLOAD
Author : Anthony R. Constable
language : en
Publisher: Arabian Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2013
The Principles Of Arab Navigation written by Anthony R. Constable and has been published by Arabian Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Navigation categories.
Throughout History, the Indian Ocean has been a zone of interaction between far-flung civilizations served by ports, and connected with the Mediterranean by the Gulf and Red Sea. The shows that were the vehicles of commercial and cultural exchange over this vast expanse of ocean ranged from small craft rarely venturing out of sight of land, to cargo vessels carrying navigators skilled in the art of deep sea sailing. These Arab, Persian and Indian seamen used the seasonal monsoon winds, and applied navigational techniques that relied on their ability to read the stars in the night sky - skills that had developed down the generations from time immemorial. This stellar navigation, based on measuring the altitude of the Pole Star to establish latitude and on the risings and settings of certain stars to find direction, grew into a complex art, belying the simplicity of the instruments used. Bringing together six scholars specializing in the maritime history and culture of the Arabs (Anthony R. Constable, William Facey, Yacoub Al-Hijji, Paul Lunde, Hassan Salih Shihab and Eric Staples), this book makes a new and vital contribution to the study of a nautical culture that has hitherto not received its due share of attention, and which is vital to an understanding of Indian Ocean history. Drawing on source material such as the guides by the renowned southern Arabian navigators Ahmad ibn Majid and Sulayman al-Mahri in the 15th and 16th centuries AD, as well as surviving logbooks of how captains in the early 20th, the volume covers the principal ideas, techniques, instruments and calculations used, deploying astronomy, geometry and mathematics to explain their methods. It includes an account of a practical attempt to apply these methods in 2010, on an adventurous voyage from Muscat to Singapore in a reconstructed early medieval dhow, and concludes with an analysis of sailing conditions in the Red Sea..
The Legacy Of Muslim Spain
DOWNLOAD
Author : Salma Khadra Jayyusi
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1992
The Legacy Of Muslim Spain written by Salma Khadra Jayyusi and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
The civilisation of medieval Muslim Spain is perhaps the most brilliant and prosperous of its age and has been essential to the direction which civilisation in medieval Europe took. This volume is the first ever in any language to deal in a really comprehensive manner with all major aspects of Islamic civilisation in medieval Spain.
The Poem Of Sofala By Ahmad Ibn Magid
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher: UC Biblioteca Geral 1
Release Date :
The Poem Of Sofala By Ahmad Ibn Magid written by and has been published by UC Biblioteca Geral 1 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Reflections Upon Some Navigational And Hydrographic Problems Of The Xvith Century
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher: UC Biblioteca Geral 1
Release Date :
Reflections Upon Some Navigational And Hydrographic Problems Of The Xvith Century written by and has been published by UC Biblioteca Geral 1 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Seasonal Knowledge And The Almanac Tradition In The Arab Gulf
DOWNLOAD
Author : Daniel Martin Varisco
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-05-14
Seasonal Knowledge And The Almanac Tradition In The Arab Gulf written by Daniel Martin Varisco and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-14 with History categories.
This book is the first in English to survey indigenous knowledge of seasonal, astronomical, and agricultural information in Arab Gulf almanacs. It provides an extensive analysis of the traditional information available, based on local almanacs, Arabic texts and poetry by Gulf individuals, ethnographic interviews, and online forums. A major feature of the book is tracing the history of terms and concepts in the local seasonal knowledge of the Gulf, including an important genre about weather stars, stemming back to the ninth century CE. Also covered are pearl diving, fishing, seafaring, and pastoral activities. This book will be of interest to scholars who study the entire Arab region, since much of the lore was shared and continues through the present. It will also be of value to scholars who work on the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Trade Network, as well as the history of folk astronomy in the Arab World.
Shipbuilding Navigation And The Portuguese In Pre Modern India
DOWNLOAD
Author : K.S. Mathew
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-08-09
Shipbuilding Navigation And The Portuguese In Pre Modern India written by K.S. Mathew and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-09 with Transportation categories.
India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Indian shipwrights and the labour force associated with various aspects of shipbuilding excelled in naval architecture. Their native wisdom was adopted by the Europeans engaged in shipbuilding in coastal India. Similarly some of the techniques of navigation followed by Indians were emulated by the European mariners. A comprehensive peep into the science of naval architecture and navigation is attempted in this work making a comparative study of Indian and Portuguese architecture and navigation. The volume discusses the importance of the timber grown in the monsoon-fed forests of the Malabar coast and its appreciation by the Portuguese shipwrights and theoreticians of naval architecture. The work shows that increase of the tonnage of ocean-going vessels and the appearance of hostile mariners from other quarters of Western Europe compelled the Portuguese to adopt enhanced technology in naval architecture and navigation. The fact that the use of canons for defence against intruders made the Portuguese vessels stronger than the Indian ships which, for centuries, were accustomed to considerably peaceful navigation is also brought out in this much anticipated volume.
Asia In The Making Of Europe Volume Ii
DOWNLOAD
Author : Donald F. Lach
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-01-15
Asia In The Making Of Europe Volume Ii written by Donald F. Lach and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-15 with History categories.
Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so, it provides a perspective necessary for a balanced view of world history. Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together "everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders' accounts and maps" (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe.
General History Of Africa
DOWNLOAD
Author : International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa
language : en
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Release Date : 1984-12-31
General History Of Africa written by International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa and has been published by UNESCO Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-12-31 with Political Science categories.
One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.