Piri Reis and Turkish Mapmaking After Columbus by Svat Soucek

Piri Reis and Turkish Mapmaking After Columbus

Svat Soucek

176 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

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The Ottoman naval commander and cartographer Piri Reis (c. 1475-1554) played a leading role in transmitting the discoveries made on Columbus's first voyage to the inhabitants of the Muslim lands around the Mediterranean. The Khalili Portolan Atlas...

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