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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 ...
McIntosh, Gregory C. (2014). "The Piri Reis Map of 1513: Art and Literature in the Service of Science". Seapower, Technology, and Trade: Studies in Turkish Maritime History (Digital ed.). Istanbul: Piri Reis University. ISBN 978-9-94426-451-8.. McIntosh, Gregory C. (August 2015). "The Piri Reis Map of 1528: A Comparative Study with Other Maps ...
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]
McIntosh Reserve Park in Carroll County, Georgia, preserves some of the McIntosh plantation and his burial site at the eastern end of McIntosh Road. McIntosh was executed at his plantation on April 30, 1825, by Law Defenders on the order of the Creek National Council for having signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825. The treaty ceded much ...
Also, the US. Department of Interior effectuated a transfer of title regarding the land to the State of Florida on November 4, 1993. Meanwhile, the property was initiated for the general public's parks and recreational use. On February 20, 1999, a groundbreaking and dedication were held for the Blackwater Heritage State Trail.
The Empire State Trail Town program is designed "to connect communities to one another and to nature." Little Falls joins the ranks of Empire State Trail Towns. What it means for the community
The upcoming state auditor race represents an opening for Republicans to take back the position that Democrats have held since 2015. Missouri auditor is Democrats’ sole statewide office. Will ...
The Great Trail (also called the Great Path) was a network of footpaths created by Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking indigenous peoples prior to the arrival of European colonists in North America. It connected the areas of New England and eastern Canada , and the mid-Atlantic regions to each other and to the Great Lakes region.