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Svat Soucek
Columbus's discoveries in the New World quickly became known in
the Muslim lands around the Mediterranean, and the man who played
a leading role in transmitting them was the Ottoman naval commander
and cartographer Piri Reis.
His work is known from fragments of two world maps, and from his
Kitab-i Bahriye ('Book of Seamanship'), which he devoted to the
problem of sailing the Mediterranean and illustrated with hundreds
of charts.
The Khalili Portolan Atlas is a fine example of the cartographic
tradition he established and, in addition, it includes a series
of city views - among them Istanbul, Venice and Cairo - which reflects
the vitality of Ottoman topographic painting.
This book, which includes a detailed analysis of the Khalili Portolan
Atlas, was first issued as a limited edition and accompanied by
a facsimile of the manuscript. The aim of this edition is to make
more widely available the author's important contribution to our
understanding of Piri Reis and his work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Professor Svat Soucek was formerly Professor, Princeton University.
DETAILS
194 pages; 29 halftone illustrations
29.7 X 21.0 cm
hardback
1996
1-874780-67-6
£23 $46
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