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If the Other fragments had not been lost, we should have had in our possession a Turkish chart drawn in 1513 representing the Old and New Worlds together.вЂќ U.S. The author pointed out a significant fact: вЂњ.the map in our possession is a fragment. In the July 23rd edition of the magazine Akcura Yusuf, President of the Turkish Historical Research Society, wrote a more detailed account. Columbus got little further than the mouth of the Orinoco, in Venezuela, in his voyage along the coast of South America in 1498, so that the stretches of the South American coast given in the Piri Reis's chart must have been copied from other sources.вЂќ Entitled, вЂњA Columbus Controversy: America вЂ“ And Two Atlantic ChartsвЂќ, the article noted that: вЂњ. The general public first learned of the existence of the Piri Reis map in the 27 February 1932 issue of the Illustrated London News. вЂChristopher Columbus on Santa Maria in 1492вЂ™ (1855) by Emanuel Leutze. The Turks had boarded one of ColumbusвЂ™s ships before the crew had a chance to throw the charts into the sea standard practice in a time when the contours of the planet remained veiled in mystery and maps held secrets that were invaluable to pirates, admirals, kings and queens. A perfectionist - Piri Reis would not tolerate the slightest error in his drawings - he created his famous map in 1513 using older source maps including charts captured from Christopher Columbus.

Piri Reis Map - Evidence of Ancient Technology?ДЄfter Kemal was killed during a naval battle in 1502 Piri Reis turned his back on the seafaring life and began a second career as a map maker.

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The pirates were transformed into respectable Admirals. His nephew accompanied him to his new assignment. In 1495, Kemal ReisвЂ™ great skill in the art of battle earned him an invitation to join the Imperial Turkish Fleet. The fleet fought pirates and captured and plundered enemy ships.

During these voyages, he was introduced to the lucrative spoils of piracy. Piri Reis sailed with his famous uncle from 1487 to 1493. Map of the world by Ottoman admiral Piri Reis, drawn in 1513. At the time, the distinction between pirate and Admiral was more flexible than might be expected from looking back through a Hollywood lens. He was born in Gallipoli, a naval base on the Marmara Sea and was the nephew of Kemal Reis, a pirate who had reinvented himself as a Turkish Admiral adventurer who had made his name in naval warfare. The document was the legacy of a pirate turned Turkish Admiral, Piri Reis ( circa 1470-1554).

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As Halil opened the chart to its full dimensions (two feet by three feet wide or 60 X 90 cm) he was surprised by how much of the New World was depicted on a map which dated from 1513. He pulled towards him a map drawn on Roe deer skin. On a chilly winter day in 1929, Halil Edhem, the Director of Turkey's National Museum, was hunched over his solitary task of classifying documents.