{"id":1805447,"date":"2021-11-19T09:01:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T14:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805447"},"modified":"2021-11-19T09:01:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T14:01:50","slug":"piri-reis-map-back-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/piri-reis-map-back-on-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Piri Reis Map Back on Display"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Piri Reis map is back on display at the Topkap\u0131 Palace<\/a> in Istanbul. Like the Tabula Peutingeriana, it\u2019s only taken out for display at intervals to protect it from the elements. Discovered when the palace<\/a> was being converted into a museum in the 1920s, the map<\/a> is the western third of a portolan chart drawn on gazelle skin parchment in 1513 by Ottoman admiral Ahmet Muhiddin Piri<\/a> (\u201cReis\u201d\u2014admiral\u2014was his title). It was an expansive compilation of ancient and contemporary sources much like the Waldseem\u00fcller map, and is fascinating in its own right; in recent years, though, it became one of the \u201cproofs\u201d of a nutty theory involving ancient civilizations and polar shifting. [Tony Campbell<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Previously: The Piri Reis Map of 1513<\/a>; A Turkish Piri Reis Documentary Is Coming<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Piri Reis map is back on display at the Topkap\u0131 Palace in Istanbul. Like the Tabula Peutingeriana, it\u2019s only taken out for display at intervals to protect it from the elements. Discovered when the… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92,50,1542,147,860,366,861],"class_list":["post-1805447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-1500s","tag-exhibitions","tag-istanbul","tag-ottoman-empire","tag-piri-reis","tag-portolan","tag-turkey","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4559,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/07\/a-turkish-piri-reis-documentary-is-coming\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805447,"position":0},"title":"A Turkish Piri Reis Documentary Is Coming","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 July 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"A Turkish filmmaker is working on a documentary about the life of Ottoman admiral and mapmaker Piri Reis, whose 1513 portolan chart, a fragment of which was rediscovered in 1929, claimed to draw upon ancient and contemporary sources, including Columbus. According to the Do\u011fan News Agency story, the 75-minute film\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/piri-reis-221x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1787849,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/cartography-the-ideal-and-its-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805447,"position":1},"title":"Cartography: The Ideal and Its History","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Matthew H. Edney\u2019s Cartography: The Ideal and Its History (University of Chicago Press, April) is a full-throated jeremiad against the concept of cartography itself\u2014the ideal of cartography, which after 237 densely argued pages Edney says \u201cis quite simply indefensible.\u201d Or as the subtitle to the first chapter states: \u201cThere is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Book Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/book-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cartography (cover)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/edney-cartography-ideal-history-210x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1819679,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/estate-sale-map-turns-out-to-be-rare-14th-century-portolan\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805447,"position":2},"title":"Estate Sale Map Turns Out to Be Rare 14th-Century Portolan","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 November 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"The Los Angeles Times has the story of a map that turned out to be far older and more valuable than anyone expected. Ann and Gordon Getty paid \u00a356,600 for a portolan chart in 1993, restored it and put it on display in their home. After Ann died in 2020,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A full-sized image of a 14th-century portolan chart on vellum.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rex-tholomeus-ruderman-1024x606.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rex-tholomeus-ruderman-1024x606.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rex-tholomeus-ruderman-1024x606.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rex-tholomeus-ruderman-1024x606.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1833772,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/08\/multispectral-analysis-reveals-lost-details-on-a-16th-century-portolan-chart\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805447,"position":3},"title":"Multispectral Analysis Reveals Lost Details on a 16th-Century Portolan Chart","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 August 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Excerpt from an enhanced version of Bartolomeu Velho\u2019s portolan chart of the east coast of North America, ca. 1560. 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It\u2019s also the first (extant) map, ever, to show New York harbor,\" Bloomberg\u2019s James\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vesconte Maggiolo Planiphere of 1531. 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