A symposium marking the 500th anniversary of the printing of the first world map by renowned Ottoman sailor and cartographer Piri Reis began on Monday in Ankara. Piri Reis produced the oldest known ...
His uncle Kemal Reis passed away in 1511 and Reis returned to Gallipoli to devise one of the most accurate world maps in 1513. Reis's genius geographical map work was lost to time for several ...
Turkish Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Nihat Ergun attended the reception Thursday held to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Piri Reis map compiled in the year 1513. "Piri Reis served ...
In 1929, a map was found rolled up on a dusty shelf in a library at the Topkapi Palace in Constantinople (present day Istanbul), Turkey. It dates back to 1513. This map, which is now well-known as the ...
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Maps in pockets: EK/Appendix 1: Harita Orijinali = The Pîrî Reîs World map of 1513 (color, both sides ; 90 x 64 cm, folded to 23 x 16 cm) -- EK/Appendix 2: Kenar Notlari ve Yer Adlari Numaralı Harita ...
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