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Piri Reis map

خريطة بيري ريس

A world map drawn on gazelle skin in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral Piri Reis; the surviving fragment is kept at Topkapı and is the most famous Ottoman map.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

Geography and cartographyScience in Muslim societies today

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A world map drawn on gazelle skin in 1513 for the Ottoman admiral Piri Reis; the surviving part is kept in Topkapi, and it is one of the most famous Ottoman maps. 1

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islam.museum contributors. “Piri Reis map”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/kharitat-piri-reis/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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