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The Piri Reis map of 1513

Title
The Piri Reis map of 1513 / Gregory C. McIntosh ; with a foreword by Norman J.W. Thrower.
Author
McIntosh, Gregory C.
Publication
Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2000], ©2000.

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xiv, 230 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  • "One of the most beautiful maps to survive the Great Age of Discoveries, the 1513 world map drawn by Ottoman admiral Piri Reis is also one of the most mysterious. Gregory C. McIntosh has uncovered new evidence in the map that shows it to be among the most important produced during a dramatic period of exploration and discovery.".
  • "This detailed study offers a new commentary and explication of a major milestone in cartography. Correcting earlier work of Paul Kahle and pointing out the traps that have caught other scholars, McIntosh disproves the dubious conclusion that the Piri Reis map embodied Columbus's Third Voyage map of 1498, showing that it draws instead on the Second Voyage of 1493-1496. He also refutes several popular misinterpretations of the map.
  • McIntosh brings together all that has been previously known about the map and also assembles for the first time the translations of all inscriptions on the map and analyzes all place-names given for New World and Atlantic islands."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Pirî Reis, -1554?
  • World maps > Early works to 1800
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The Life of Piri Reis -- 2. Description of the Map -- 3. Europe and Africa -- 4. The Atlantic Islands -- 5. South America -- 6. The Southern Continent -- 7. The Christopher Columbus Inscription -- 8. Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles -- 9. Hispaniola and the Bahamas -- 10. Cuba and Central America -- 11. Conclusions -- App. A. Maps Referenced in the Text -- App. B. Cross-References of Inscription Numbers.
ISBN
0820321575 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
99055689
OCLC
  • 42752936
  • ocm42752936
  • SCSB-3902788
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries