What Time is It There?

Acknowledgements vi

Introduction 1

1 Istanbul/Mexico City: The Eye of the Sages 5

2 ‘What Time is it There?’ 19

3 The International of the Cosmographers 39

4 Antwerp, Daughter of Alexandria 55

5 Histories of the World and of the New World 73

6 The History of the World is Written in the Stars 91

7 Islam at the Heart of the Monarchy 111

8 Islam in the New World 129

9 Thinking the World 145

Conclusion What Time is it There? 158

Notes 161

Bibliography 196

Index 205