Wonders and rarities the marvelous book that traveled the world and mapped the cosmos
"During the thirteenth century, the great scholar, geographer, physician, and astronomer Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203-1283) authored what became perhaps the single most influential work of natural history in the Islamic world: a compendium of curiosities entitled 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa...
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Main Author: | Zadeh, Travis E. (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[2023]
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