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 ...

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 ...

Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa. His work is significant not only for ...

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 ...