Piri Reis and Turkish Mapmaking After Columbus

by Svat Soucek

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 is a fine, hand-drawn example of the cartographic tradition established by Piri Reis. It also contains a series of city views, including unprecedented depictions of Galata, on the northern shore of the Golden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019727501X
• ISBN13: 9780197275016
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 12.0" x 8.3"