The map is the extant western third of a world map drawn on gazelle-skin parchment approximately 87 cm × 63 cm. The surviving portion primarily details the western coast of Africa and the eastern coast of South … See more

The map was discovered serendipitously on 9 October 1929, through the philological work of the German theologian Gustav Adolf Deissmann (1866–1937). He had been commissioned by the Turkish Ministry of Education to catalogue the Topkapı Palace library's … See more

1. ^ To The End of the Earth, Jeremy Harwood, Struik Publishers, 2007, ISBN 978-1-77007-608-2, p.69
2. ^ Nebenzahl 1990, p. 63.
3. ^ Soucek, Svat (1995), "Piri Re'is", in Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P.; et al. (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Islam See more

The map is a portolan chart, as shown by the four compass roses (two large and two small) from which lines of bearing radiate. Some analyses … See more

• Geography in medieval Islam
• Ancient world maps
• World map
• Waldseemüller map
• Johannes Schöner globes, made in 1515 and 1520. Also shows a Southern Continent at the South Pole. See more

• Turkey in Maps: The Piri Reis margin notes, translation from The Oldest Map of America (Afet Inan, Ankara, 1954).
• Charles Hapgood commentary on the Piri Reis map, photocopied from Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings See more