World Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance of Mecca: Examples of Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science
- ISBN-10
- 9004113673
- ISBN-13
- 9789004113671
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 638
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- David A. King
Description
The author describes how Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction ("qibla") towards Mecca and presents two highly sophisticated Mecca-centred world-maps for finding the "qibla." These recently-discovered world-maps have forced a reevaluation of Muslim achievements in mathematics and cartography.
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