Piri_reis_world_map_01.jpg


Summary

Wikipedia

This is a featured picture on the Arabic language Wikipedia ( صور مختارة ) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here .
This is a featured picture on the Turkish language Wikipedia ( Seçkin resimler ) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here .

If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it .
If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license , be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it .

Description
العربية: خارطة العالم بِيد أمير البحار العُثماني حاجي أحمد مُحيي الدين پیري، الشهير باسم پيري ريِّس، رُسمت سنة 1513م. لم يبقَ اليوم سوى نصف الخارطة الأصليَّة، التي يُحتفظ بها في متحف سراي طوپ قاپي في إسطنبول. تجمع هذه الخارطة معلومات من حوالي عشرين خريطة أُخرى، بما فيها إحدى الخرائط التي وضعها كريستوفر كولومبوس بنفسه وخطط فيها سواحل العالم الجديد.
English: Map of the world by Ottoman admiral Piri Reis, drawn in 1513. Only part of the original map survives and is held at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul. The map synthesizes information from many maps, including one drawn by Christopher Columbus of the Caribbean.
Türkçe: Osmanlı amirali Piri Reis tarafından 1513'te çizilmiş olan, Avrupa ve Afrika'nın batı kıyılarıyla Güney Amerika'nın doğu kıyılarını gösteren dünyanın en eski haritalarından biri olan Piri Reis'in ilk Dünya haritası.
Date
Source Library of Topkapi Palace Museum, No. H 1824 Bilkent University (lo res) , erisi.com (hi res)
Author
Piri Reis (circa 1467
date QS:P,+1467–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
– circa 1554
date QS:P,+1554–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
) wikidata:Q217915 q:it:Piri Reìs
Piri Reis
Alternative names
Hac Ahmed Muhiddin Piri
Description Ottoman geographer, cartographer, military officer and admiral
Date of birth/death 1470 Edit this at Wikidata 1554 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gallipoli Cairo
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q217915

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

The author died in 1553, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that " faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain ".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Annotations
InfoField
This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg