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Fuat Sezgin iswas the author and editor of numerous publications. His 17-volume work ''Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums'' (1967-2000) is the cornerstone reference on the [[Timeline of Muslim scientists and engineers|history of science and technology in the Islamic world]]. The 5-volume ''Natural Sciences of Islam'' documents the items in the Frankfurt museum. SinceHe 1984had, hesince has1984, edited the ''Journal for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science''.

Sezgin hashad argued that Muslim seafarers had reached the Americas by 1420, citing as evidence the inscription on a map and the fact that the high longitudinal precision of early maps of the Americas would not have been attainable using Western navigational technology.<ref>{{citation|author=Fuat Sezgin|year=2006|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/8710396/The-PreColumbian-discovery-of-the-American-continent-by-muslim-seafarers|title=The Pre-Columbian Discovery of the American Continent by Muslim Seafarers}}</ref>