L'Europe et les géographes arabes du Moyen Âge (IXe–XVe siècle). 'La grande terre' et ses peuples. Conceptualisation d'un espace ethnique et politique.

Ducène dispels the assumption that medieval Muslim scholars cared little for "Europe". His cartography - several of his maps are reproduced and analysed in the book - offers a striking difference with more abstract depictions of Europe: detailed coastlines stand in stark contrast with blank hinterlands. Ninth-century mathematical geography - built on a Hellenistic substrate - and its attached map production were significantly updated: multiplying contacts with Europe and circulations of knowledge translated into a rich cartography. [Extracted from the article]