[Map of the world] / [Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī]. -- [15--?].

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Title: [Map of the world] / [Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī]. -- [15--?].
Creator: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, 1208 or 9-1283 or 4.
Published / Created: [15--?]
Abstract: In the center of the map is Mecca; the ocean is located on each side along the outer edge of the sheet with the pillars of the earth in the four corners. Great emphasis is placed on Africa and the Nile river. Other places of interest include: Wasteland where nobody lives, Mountains of the Moon, Land of the Slavs and Franks, Gog and Magog, Land of the Turks (Central Asia), Red Sea (rectangular water mass), the Source of life.
Description: Gift of Thomas E. Marston, Yale '27, in honor of Alexander O. Vietor, Yale '36, in November 1978.
Removed from a bound volume.
Tempera and ink.
Extent: 1 leaf ; 31.5 x 42 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Arabic

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