Introduction: The Ambassador Arrives Conquering Tunis The Sultan, the Tsar and the Shah The Battle for Barbary An Apt Man in Constantinople Unholy Alliances Sultana Isabel London Turns Turk Mahomet’s Dove Escape from the Seraglio Sherley Fever More than a Moor Epilogue
Introduction Science: Ptolemy’s Geography, c. AD 150 Exchange: Al-Idrīsī, AD 1154 Faith: Hereford Mappamundi, c. 1300 Empire: Kangnido World Map, 1402 Discovery: Martin Waldseemüller, World Map, 1507 Globalism: Diogo Ribeiro, World Map, 1529 Toleration: Gerard Mercator, World Map, 1569 Money: Joan Blaeu, Atlas maior, 1662 Nation: The Cassini Family, Map of France, 1793 Geopolitics: Halford …