InhaltsangabeIntroduction Chapter 1. Istanbul/Mexico City: the eye of the sages Chapter 2. 'What Time is it There?' Chapter 3. The International of the Cosmographers Chapter 4. Antwerp, daughter of Alexandria Chapter 5. Histories of the world and histories of the New World Chapter 6. The history of the world is written in the stars Chapter 7. Islam at the heart of the monarchy Chapter 8. Islam in the New World Chapter 9. Thinking the world Conclusion. What time is it there? Notes Bibliography