Piri Reis, Ottoman admiral and mapmaker: Scholar in Islamic History

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Piri Reisپیری رئیس

c. 1465/70-1553 CEApproximate dateGallipoli

An Ottoman admiral whose 1513 world map preserves a lost map of the Americas.

Nephew of the corsair Kemal Reis, he sailed the Mediterranean for years. His 1513 map, drawn from some twenty sources including one by Columbus, shows the coasts of South America and Africa. His Kitab-i Bahriye is a detailed guide to Mediterranean sailing. He was executed in Cairo in old age after a failed campaign.

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His map is one of the oldest surviving to show the Americas.

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