القائد البحري العثماني بيري ريس

📘 Piri Reis — The Ottoman Cartographer

(1)

Piri Reis was a great commander in the Ottoman Turkish navy.
He is best known, however, as the author of a famous book about navigation.
His world maps are even more famous, and he is recognized worldwide for his detailed work.

(2)

The book gives detailed information on navigation and contains charts describing in great detail the important ports and cities of the Mediterranean Sea.

(3)

Although he was not an explorer like Christopher Columbus, Piri Reis was an expert cartographer.
He used a map of Columbus, as well as other older Arab, Chinese, Indian, Spanish, and Greek maps, to create the most accurate map of the known world of that time.

A small part of one of Piri’s first world maps was discovered in 1929 at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
It was drawn in 1513 on gazelle skin.

Copies of Piri’s book and maps can be found in many libraries and museums around the world, including the Topkapi Palace, the British Museum in London, and the National Library of France in Paris.

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📝 Questions

29. What is the book of Piri Reis about?
A. Sultan Suleiman
B. the Turkish navy
✅ C. ships and sea travel
D. libraries and museums

30. In which fields did Piri Reis contribute to knowledge?
✅ A. navigation and geography
B. geology and cartography
C. exploration and science
D. history and literature

31. When did Piri Reis give a copy of Kitab Al-Bahriye to Sultan Suleiman?
A. 1513
✅ B. 1525
C. 1531
D. 1552

32. The word cartographer in Paragraph 3 means...
A. shipmaker
✅ B. map maker
C. navigator
D. sailor