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16 Nov

Piri Reis’ Amazing Map

Posted by Binapesi in America discover, Education, General, Islam, Ottoman, Piri Reis, Sulayman, Turkey, Türkiye, World, christoph colomb, colombus, map, sailor, world map.

(Piri Reis’ World Map, in 1500s)
After the falling down of the Ottoman Empire, all the institutions of the young Republic of Turkey were in newening and every small hole were checked in case finding anything about the Ottoman Empire. And at this very moment, The Manager of the National Museums, Halil Ethem Eldem finds a [...]

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