Description: Piri Reis Map of 1513, Hardcover by McIntosh, Gregory C.; Thrower, Norman J. W. (FRW), ISBN 0820321575, ISBN-13 9780820321578, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US <p>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.<br><br>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 1. 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.</p>
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Book Title: Piri Reis Map of 1513
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Piri Reis Map of 1513
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Year: 2000
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Cartography, Historical Geography, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Expeditions & Discoveries
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Gregory C. Mcintosh
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
