Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean before the coming of the Portuguese being a translation of Kitab al-Fawaid fi usul al-bahr wal-qawaid of Ahmad b. Majid al-Najdi ; together with an introduction on the history of Arab navigation, notes on the navigational techniques and on the topography of the Indian Ocean and a glossary of navigational terms

Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean before the coming of the Portuguese being a translation of Kitab al-Fawaid fi usul al-bahr wal-qawaid of Ahmad b. Majid al-Najdi ; together with an introduction on the history of Arab navigation, notes on the navigational techniques and on the topography of the Indian Ocean and a glossary of navigational terms

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmad ibn Majid al-Sadi fl. 1462-1498
Other Authors: Tibbetts, Gerald Randall
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1971 [i.e. 1972].
Series:Oriental Translation Fund. [Publications] new ser., v. 42
Subjects:
Indian Ocean > Navigation > Early works to 1800.