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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 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 (uncle ...
In the book The Piri Reis Map of 1513 Gregory C. McIntosh examines Hapgood's claims for both maps and states that "they fall short of proving or even strongly suggesting that the Piri Reis map and the Fine map depict the actual outline of Antarctica." [7] [8]
Moses Montefiore Academy (also known as Moses School or simply Montefiore) was a special school of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Established in 1929, [1] [2] The school was located Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois and served students with severe emotional disorders. [3] The school closed in 2016, with the building being torn down in 2024.
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 ...
The Superior Court of Cook County was a court in Cook County, Illinois, which existed (under different names) from 1845 up until Cook County's courts were merged in 1964 to form the current incarnation of the Circuit Court of Cook County. The court held circuit jurisdiction.
The MWRD and University of Illinois at Chicago developed a new energy source using an $87,500 grant provided by the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation in 2010; the funding helps to cover the total $175,000 cost. The partnership resulted in significant energy and cost savings at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant (WRP).
‘This is heinous, heinous conduct’: Feds say Chicago-area dog show judge deleted child porn evidence in shower during FBI raid Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune Updated March 26, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Daley Center is the central courthouse, and one of six courthouses for the County One of the Circuit Court's courthouses. The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 25 circuit courts (trial courts of original and general jurisdiction) in the judiciary of Illinois as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the United States – second only in size to the Superior Court ...