Piri Reis (originally Hadji Muhammad) was an Ottoman admiral born around 1465, in Gallipoli on the Dardanelles. He began to serve as a privateer in the Ottoman Navy as a youth and after many years of fighting against Spanish, Genoese and Venetian navies, he rose to the rank of Reis (admiral). Following his defeat in 1554 (when he was about 90 years old) against the Portuguese navy in the Red Sea, the sultan ordered him beheaded. The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (Ottoman Turkish for the Eternal State) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Constantinople (Ä°stanbul) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 6. ... Events July 13 - Battle of Montlhéry - Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobles organized as the League of the Public Weal. ... Gallipoli, called Gelibolu in modern Turkish, is a town in northwestern Turkey. ... The Dardanelles (Turkish: Çanakkale BoÄŸazı), formerly Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. ... Genua is a fictional city from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... The Most Serene Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... Events February 12 - After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband. ... Conshelf II in the Red Sea (Sudan) Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea (Arabic البØر الأØمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ×™× ×¡×•×£ Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀá‹áˆ• ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...
He is best known for his maps and charts collected in his Kitab-i Bahrieh or the Book of the Navy. He gained his fame as a cartographer after a small part of his world map (prepared in 1513) was discovered in 1929, in Istanbul. Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study and practice of making maps or globes. ... The Piri Reis map. ... Events January 20 - Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Shows the Location of the Province Ä°stanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul; contraction of the citys previous Greek name Constantinople, ΚωνσταντινοÏπολις) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ...
The PiriReis map is currently located in the Library of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, but is not usually on display to the public.
Webarchive backup: Survive 2012: PiriReis Citat: "...The projections originate from a point at the intersection of the meridian of Alexandria (30°E) and the Tropic of Cancer....Longitudes were not able to be accurately calculated until the 1770's when John Harrison invented his Chronometer No.4.
PiriRe'is Map of 1513 Citat: "...The knowledge of longitude suggests either a people, or a mechanism, that are currently unknown to us.
Survive 2012: PiriReis (http://www.survive2012.com/pirireismap.html) Citat: "...The projections originate from a point at the intersection of the meridian of Alexandria (30°E) and the Tropic of Cancer....Longitudes were not able to be accurately calculated until the 1770's when John Harrison invented his Chronometer No.4.
PiriRe'is Map of 1513 (http://www.wwatching.net/enigma_ancient_maps.htm#Piri) Citat: "...The knowledge of longitude suggests either a people, or a mechanism, that are currently unknown to us.
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