Field Notes
Oval World Map from the Book on Navigation
This oval world map belongs to an expanded Ottoman manuscript of Piri Reis’s Book on Navigation. The original work was composed in 1525, but this richly illustrated copy…
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Map type: Ottoman manuscript navigation map
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Field Notes
Map of the Strait of Gibraltar with the Cities of Gibraltar and Ceuta
Gibraltar and Ceuta face one another across the narrow passage between the Mediterranean and Atlantic. In this Ottoman navigation manuscript, the strait becomes the subject of its own…
Field Notes
Map of the Caspian Sea from the Book on Navigation
The Caspian Sea closes this expanded copy of Piri Reis’s Book on Navigation. Its presence broadens a manuscript best known for Mediterranean coasts and ports, reminding readers that…