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Muratpaşa is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 96 km 2, [3] and its population is 526,293 (2022). [1] The district covers part of the city centre of Antalya, and has a coastline of 20 km (12 mi). The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south of the district. Ümit Uysal is the mayor of Muratpaşa. [4]
Surviving fragment of the Piri Reis map. The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. Approximately one third of the map survives, housed in the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. After the empire's 1517 conquest of Egypt, Piri Reis presented the 1513 world map to Ottoman Sultan Selim I (r. 1512 ...
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
Map of Turkey and seas in and around Turkey. This is a list of islands of Turkey. There are around 500 islands and islets in Turkey. These islands are located in the Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Turkish lakes. The Turkish words for island/islands are ada/adalar. The largest Turkish island is Gökçeada in the ...
The world and its continents and oceans General maps of the world - Historical maps of the world - Old maps - Africa - North and South America - Antarctica - Asia - Europe (History, European Union) - Oceania - Oceans. Historical era and themes
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Ottoman admiral and cartographer (c. 1470 – 1553) Piri Reis Statue of Piri Reis Born Muhiddin Piri c. 1470 Gallipoli, Rumelia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire Died 1553 (aged 82–83) Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire Notable work 1513 Piri Reis map Kitab-ı Bahriye Relatives Kemal Reis ...
The map encompasses the eastern coast of North America, the entire Central and South America and parts of the western coasts of Europe and Africa. Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio is the earliest scale wall map of the New World and the first to use the name "California". [1]
The humid subtropical zone of the US South according to Trewartha is coloured yellow-green on this map: If using the Köppen climate classification with the 0 °C coldest-month isotherm, the subtropics extend from Martha's Vineyard, extreme SW Rhode Island, and most of Long Island to central Florida in the eastern states, include the southern ...