Cartography in the traditional Islamic and South Asian societies / ed. by J.B. Harley and David Woodward ; associate editors, Joseph E. Schwartzberg, Gerald R. Tibbetts ; assistant editor, Ahmet T. Karamustafa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Islamic maps / Ahmet T. Karamustafa -- Celestial mapping / Emilie Savage-Smith -- Cosmographical diagrams / Ahmet T. Karamustafa -- The beginnings of a cartographic tradition / Gerald R. Tibbetts -- The Balkhi school of geographers / Gerald R. Tibbetts -- Later cartographic developments / Gerald R. Tibbetts -- Cartography of al-Sharif al-Idrisi / S. Maqbul Ahmad -- Geodesy / Raymond P. Mercier -- Qibla charts, qubla maps, and related instruments / David A. King and Richard P. Lorch -- Introduction to Ottoman cartography ; Military, administrative, and scholarly maps and plans / Ahmet T. Karamustafa -- Itineraries and town views in Ottoman histories / J.M. Rogers -- The role of charts in Islamic navigation in the Indian Ocean / Gerald R. Tibbetts -- Islamic charting in the Mediterranean / Svat Soucek -- Introduction to South Asian cartography ; Cosmographical mapping ; Geographical mapping ; Nautical maps ; Conclusion / Joseph E. Schwartzberg -- Concluding remarks / J.B. Harley and David Woodward.

SERIES CONTENTS: v. 1. Cartography in prehistoric, ancient, and medieval Europe and the Mediterranean; -- v. 2, bk. 1. Cartography in the traditional Islamic and South Asian societies; -- v. 2, bk. 2. Cartography in the traditional East and Southeast Asian societies; -- v. 3. Cartography in the European Renaissance; -- v. 4. Cartography in the European elightenment; -- v. 5. Cartography in the nineteenth century; -- v. 6. Cartography in the twentieth century.