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An Uncommon Map for a Common World: Hajji Ahmed's Cordiform Map of 1559
- L'Esprit Créateur
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 48, Number 1, Spring 2008
- pp. 32-44
- 10.1353/esp.2008.0007
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This article sheds light on Hajji Ahmed's cordiform map of 1559 by unveiling the literary, scientific, and artistic milieus, both Western and Eastern, in which it was created. It suggests a community of scholars who lived around the Mediterranean and exchanged ideas and knowledge while remaining aware of their own specificities, be they religious or cultural.