Ryan W Shea
Biographic Data
| ID | 6485199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan W Shea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan W |
| FAMILY NAME | Shea |
| SIGNATURE | SHEA R W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Charting the Unknown
This article explores cartographic methods during the ninth and tenth century of the ‘Abbasid Caliphate, with a focus on the deformation of Sub-Saharan Africa in world maps produced during the early era. It reviews the preceding influences that factored into how ‘Abbasid cartographers understood and mapped out unknown regions alongside pieces of the folkloric fear that accompanied the idea of al-Wāq-Wāq , that is the uncharted and unknown areas o…
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Charting the Unknown
This article explores cartographic methods during the ninth and tenth century of the ‘Abbasid Caliphate, with a focus on the deformation of Sub-Saharan Africa in world maps produced during the early era. It reviews the preceding influences that factored into how ‘Abbasid cartographers understood and mapped out unknown regions alongside pieces of the folkloric fear that accompanied the idea of al-Wāq-Wāq , that is the uncharted and unknown areas o…
African history and culture analysis (1 work) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Caliphate (1 work) · Cartography (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work)