The Oldest Map Of America Drawn By Piri Reis: Conclusion
As it has already been stated, at the time of Piri Reis, the Ottoman-Tuikish Empire was the dominant power over the Black Sea, the Marmara and the Red Sea, and was fighting for prevalence over the Aegean, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. For such a position the Empire had to have a fleet equipped with all the latest weapons. The State Archives give us some most interesting and rich material concerning these organizations. What...
The Oldest Map Of America Drawn By Piri Reis: Comparison of Piri Reis’ Maps with Other Contemporary Ones
The maps or charts called portulanos, 1. C. handbooks On navigation, were first drawn in the thirteenth century. We do have examples of such works previous to that period, but the kind that could bear comparison with Pin Reis are mainly in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. The first portulano in Europe is found in the work of Adamus Biemensis in 1076. Then comes the map called pisane, presumably drawn in the thirteenth century...
The Oldest Map Of America Drawn By Piri Reis: The Second Map of America
Fifteen years after this first map, Piri Reis drew a second one, again at Gelibolu. Like the previous one it bears his signature. Unfortunately to-day we have only a small portion of it i.e. a small portion of the western hemisphere. It is 68/69 centimeters in size. Ornamental figures are drawn in the margins and most of it is in colour. There we find the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean and the newly discovered regions of North...
The Oldest Map Of America Drawn By Piri Reis: Piri’s First Map of the World, 1513
Let us now concentrate on the first map of the world drawn by Piri. His own ideas about cartography in general are recorded in verse form (p. 24). He says that drawing maps requires profound knowledge and specification. He believes that the slightest error in drawing a map makes the map useless (p. 25). To see how faithful he was to this principle of accuracy and exactitude one need only study his maps. Foreseeing the development of...
En Televisión Danesa Científico Revela que Torres Gemelas cayeron gracias a Explosivos
El mundo esta dando pasos acelerados hacia el despertar de este conjuro maligno llamado “Nuevo Orden Mundial” por medio del cual los líderes de los países imperialistas quieren imponer su agenda haciendo llamados absurdos hacia una revolución contra el orden establecido. Nadie quiere levantarse en armas, lo que deseamos en levantarnos en conciencia, estar informados de verdad y ya dejar de seguirles la corriente (por medio...