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050 0 _aVK144
_b.A38 1981
100 0 _aأحمد بن ماجد السعدي،‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪
_dاشتهر 1462-1498.‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪
245 1 0 _aArab navigation in the Indian Ocean before the coming of the Portuguese :
_bbeing a translation of Kitāb al- fawā̓idfī usūl al-bahr wa'l-qawā'id of Ahmad b. Mājid al-Najdī /
_ctogether 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 by G. R. Tibbetts.
260 _aLondon :
_bRoyal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,
_c1981.
300 _axxvi, 614 p. :
_bill., maps (7 fold. in pocket) ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxvi) and indexes.
490 0 _aOriental translation fund.
_nnew ser. ;
_vv. 42
650 0 _aNavigation
_vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 _aTibbetts, G. R.
_q(Gerald Randall)
830 0 _aOriental Translation Fund (Series).
_pnew ser. ;
_vv. 42.
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c27301
_d27301