Piri Reis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:website
cartographer
gptkbp:birthDate circa 1465
gptkbp:birthName Ahmed Muhiddin Piri
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Gallipoli,_Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:category 16th-century cartographers
Ottoman Navy personnel
People executed by the Ottoman Empire
People from Gallipoli
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:execution
gptkbp:deathDate 1553
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cairo,_Egypt
gptkbp:executedBy gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:hasExhibit gptkb:Topkapi_Palace_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Piri Reis
gptkbp:influencedBy Arab, Portuguese, and Spanish maps
Christopher Columbus's maps
gptkbp:Kitab-ı_Bahriye book of navigation
contains detailed maps and charts
first published in 1521
revised in 1526
gptkbp:knownFor early world maps
detailed charts of the Mediterranean Sea
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ottoman_Turkish
gptkbp:legacy influential in Ottoman navigation
subject of modern historical research
gptkbp:mapDepicts parts of Europe, Africa, and the Americas
gptkbp:mapFragmentLocation gptkb:Topkapi_Palace,_Istanbul
gptkbp:mapLanguage gptkb:Ottoman_Turkish
gptkbp:mapMaterial gazelle skin parchment
gptkbp:mapSignificance one of the oldest surviving maps showing the Americas
noted for accuracy and detail
gptkbp:mapYear 1513
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Ottoman
gptkbp:notableWork Kitab-ı Bahriye
Piri Reis map
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Admiral
gptkb:geologist
cartographer
gptkbp:rank Reis (admiral)
gptkbp:relative gptkb:Kemal_Reis
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Karaman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5