Geographical Knowledge and Imperial Culture in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

Pinar Emiralioglu, Professor Ann Rosalind Jones, Professor Jyotsna Singh , Professor Mihoko Suzuki

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Routledge
28 February 2014

Middle Eastern history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Historical geography; Colonialism & imperialism

Series: Transculturalisms, 1400-1700

Exploring the reasons for a flurry of geographical works in the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century, this study analyzes how cartographers, travellers, astrologers, historians and naval captains promoted their vision of the world and the centrality of the Ottoman Empire in it. It proposes a new case study for the interconnections among empires in the period, demonstrating how the Ottoman Empire shared political, cultural, economic, and even religious conceptual frameworks with contemporary and previous world empires.

By: Pinar Emiralioglu
Series edited by: Professor Ann Rosalind Jones, Professor Jyotsna Singh, Professor Mihoko Suzuki
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 542g
ISBN: 9781472415332
ISBN 10: 1472415337
Series: Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 28 February 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures, List of Plates, List of Maps, List of Abbreviations, Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Pronunciation, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Eye of the World: Textual and Visual Repertoires of the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Empire, 1 Negotiating Space and Imperial Ideology in the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Empire, 2 Mapping and Describing Ottoman Constantinople, 3 Charting the Mediterranean: The Ottoman Grand Strategy, 4 Projecting the Frontiers of the Known World, Epilogue: Ottoman Geographical Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century, Bibliography, Index

M. Pinar Emiralioglu is Associate Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, USA.

Reviews for Geographical Knowledge and Imperial Culture in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

'This book deserves attention both for its theoretical sophistication and for the extraordinary variety of its sources. By bringing together maps and travel narratives with works of cosmography, administrative documents, and even poetry, Emiralioglu has forged an innovative and thought-provoking framework for understanding the Ottomans' views of the world and their own place within it.' Giancarlo Casale, author of The Ottoman Age of Exploration 'PA+-nar Emiralioglu's new book skillfully weaves together an analysis of sixteenth-century geographical and cartographical texts in Ottoman Turkish and a synthesis of scholarly work on Ottoman and other early modern imperial cultures.' American Historical Review '...EmiralioAYlu's book opens a new understanding into Ottoman geographical and cartographical tradition and has the potential of being a source of inspiration for furthering researches on the topic.' Studies in Ottoman Science