The Piri Reis Map of 1513University of Georgia Press, 2000 - 230 Seiten 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 McIntosh has uncovered new evidence in the map that shows it to be among the most important ever made. This detailed study offers new commentary and explication of a major milestone in cartography. Correcting earlier work of Paul Kahle and pointing out the traps that have caught subsequent scholars, McIntosh disproves the dubious conclusion that the 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 the popular misinterpretation that Reis's depictions of Antarctica are evidence of either ancient civilizations or extraterrestrial visitation. 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. His work clarifies long-standing mysteries and opens up new ways of looking at the history of exploration. |
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... Atlantic Islands 26 5. South America 35 6. The Southern Continent 48 7. The Christopher Columbus Inscription 69 8. Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles 76 9. Hispaniola and the Bahamas 87 10 . Cuba and Central America 103 11. Conclusions ...
... Atlantic islands 21 7. Key map of place - names in South America 8. Key map of place - names in the Caribbean 22 23 9 . The east coast of South America on early sixteenth - century maps 39 10 . The northeast coast of South America on ...
... Atlantic Ocean 124 Possible misplaced place - names in South America 125 30. Possible misplaced place - names in the Caribbean 126 31. Modern identifications of features in Europe , Africa , and the Atlantic Ocean 128 32. Modern ...
... Atlantic Ocean 28 3. Place - Names on South America and the Southern Continent 36 4. Place - Names on Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles 78 5. Place - Names on Hispaniola 88 6. Place - Names on the Bahamas 97 7 . Place - Names on Cuba ...
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Introduction | 1 |
1 The Life of Piri Reis | 5 |
2 Description of the Map | 8 |
3 Europe and Africa | 19 |
4 The Atlantic Islands | 26 |
5 South America | 35 |
6 The Southern Continent | 48 |
7 The Christopher Columbus Inscription | 69 |
9 Hispaniola and the Bahamas | 87 |
10 Cuba and Central America | 103 |
11 Conclusions | 122 |
APPENDIX A Maps Referenced in the Text | 141 |
APPENDIX B CrossReferences of Inscription Numbers | 155 |
NOTES | 157 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 197 |
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