Mapping the Ottomans

Sovereignty, Territory, and Identity in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Nonfiction, History, Middle East, European General
Cover of the book Mapping the Ottomans by Palmira Brummett, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Palmira Brummett ISBN: 9781316289631
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: May 19, 2015
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Palmira Brummett
ISBN: 9781316289631
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: May 19, 2015
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Simple paradigms of Muslim-Christian confrontation and the rise of Europe in the seventeenth century do not suffice to explain the ways in which European mapping envisioned the 'Turks' in image and narrative. Rather, maps, travel accounts, compendia of knowledge, and other texts created a picture of the Ottoman Empire through a complex layering of history, ethnography, and eyewitness testimony, which juxtaposed current events to classical and biblical history; counted space in terms of peoples, routes, and fortresses; and used the land and seascapes of the map to assert ownership, declare victory, and embody imperial power's reach. Enriched throughout by examples of Ottoman self-mapping, this book examines how Ottomans and their empire were mapped in the narrative and visual imagination of early modern Europe's Christian kingdoms. The maps serve as centerpieces for discussions of early modern space, time, borders, stages of travel, information flows, invocations of authority, and cross-cultural relations.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Simple paradigms of Muslim-Christian confrontation and the rise of Europe in the seventeenth century do not suffice to explain the ways in which European mapping envisioned the 'Turks' in image and narrative. Rather, maps, travel accounts, compendia of knowledge, and other texts created a picture of the Ottoman Empire through a complex layering of history, ethnography, and eyewitness testimony, which juxtaposed current events to classical and biblical history; counted space in terms of peoples, routes, and fortresses; and used the land and seascapes of the map to assert ownership, declare victory, and embody imperial power's reach. Enriched throughout by examples of Ottoman self-mapping, this book examines how Ottomans and their empire were mapped in the narrative and visual imagination of early modern Europe's Christian kingdoms. The maps serve as centerpieces for discussions of early modern space, time, borders, stages of travel, information flows, invocations of authority, and cross-cultural relations.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Foundations of Signal Processing by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book Liver Disease in Children by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book The Silver Fork Novel by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book The Politics of Competence by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book An Incarnational Model of the Eucharist by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book Rethinking School Bullying by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book A Course in Public Economics by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book Advanced Magnetohydrodynamics by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book Feminist Judgments by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book The Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book Defoe's America by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book Palaces of Hope by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book Fundamentals of Ultra-Thin-Body MOSFETs and FinFETs by Palmira Brummett
Cover of the book Africa since 1940 by Palmira Brummett
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy