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The map is a portolan chart with compass roses and a windrose network for navigation, rather than lines of longitude and latitude. It contains extensive notes primarily in Ottoman Turkish. The depiction of South America is detailed and accurate for its time. The northwestern coast combines features of Central America and Cuba into a single body ...
A map of the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1307 to 1683. ... (Siege of Belgrade (1521)) Landings at the Balearic Islands
The original version is less artistic but more practical; it saw use by later sailors. The second version includes more detailed maps decorated with Ottoman miniatures. [35] The first version begins with a standard Ottoman introduction offering praise to Allah and Muhammad along with an explanation of the book's purpose. [36]
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 ...
Mehmet II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد الثانى Meḥmed-i sānī, Turkish: II.Mehmet), (also known as el-Fatih (الفاتح), "the Conqueror", in Ottoman Turkish), or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432, Edirne – May 3, 1481, Hünkârcayırı, near Gebze) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rûm until the conquest) for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and ...
The siege of Belgrade (Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár ostroma) in 1521 is an event that followed as a result of the third major Ottoman attack on this Hungarian stronghold in the Ottoman–Hungarian wars at the time of the greatest expansion of the Ottoman Empire to the west. Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent launched his army in mid-May ...
The Silk Road and spice trade routes which the Ottoman Empire later expanded its use of in 1453 and onwards, spurring European exploration to find alternative sea routes Marco Polo's travels (1271–1295) A prelude to the Age of Discovery was a series of European expeditions crossing Eurasia by land in the late Middle Ages. [43]
First Balkan War: The Ottoman Empire is nearly wiped out from Europe, save for Istanbul and just enough land around to defend it. 1914: August 2: The Empire enters into World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Cyprus is annexed outright by Britain. 1915: April 24: The Ottoman Empire initiates forced deportation of Armenians. 1915: April 25