Life and Works of Piri Reis

Contents Praeface I - The Establishment and Expansion of the Turkish - Ottoman Empire I) The Territorial and Marine Dominance of the Turkish - Ottoman Empire in the XVIth Century 2) The Discovery of America (Mundus Novus) II) Life and Works of Piri Reis 1) Biography of Pirî Reis (1470 - 1554) 2) The Book of Bahriye ( = On Navigation) 3) America on the first world map of Pirî Reis (1531) 4) The second world map of Pirî Reis (1528) 5) A comparison of the maps of Pirî Reis with the maps of the XVI th century and with older maps Conclusion The illustrated lectures that I delivered in Geneva (9.I.1937) and in Ankara (1937) on Pirî Reis with the maps ofthe XVI th century and with older maps The Manuscript Editions of Bahriye Bibliography A list of some of the latters that were written to me directly to the National Library and to the Turkish Historical Association A Sugestion Aktion has been taken about my two proposals Index Pictures and Maps