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Illuminated Manuscript Map of the island of Lemnos, from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol.47a

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Abandoned stone house on Lemnos island

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Stunning view to Myrina village, Lemnos island, Greece, as seen from the old fortress

Stunning view to Myrina village, Lemnos island, Greece, as seen from the old fortress

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Greek flag on Myrina castle

Greek flag on Myrina castle

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Castle ruins on hill near Myrina

Myrina, Lemnos island, Greece the magical touristic Greek islands at sunset. Port of Limnos panoramic view at dusk. Long exposure

Myrina, Lemnos island, Greece the magical touristic Greek islands at sunset. Port of Limnos panoramic view at dusk. Long exposure

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Myrina Limnos Greece

Myrina Limnos Greece

Castle ruins on hill near Myrina

Marina on Lemnos

Marina on Lemnos

Lemnos harbor

Church in Kotsinas

Church in Kotsinas on Lemnos island

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

April 28th 2019 - Myrina, Lemnos island, Greece - View to the picturesque harbor of Myrina, the capital of Lemnos island, Greece

April 28th 2019 - Myrina, Lemnos island, Greece - View to the picturesque harbor of Myrina, the capital of Lemnos island, Greece

Amazing scenery by the sea in Lemnos island, Greece, with sand dunes

Amazing scenery by the sea in Lemnos island, Greece, with sand dunes

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

Lemnos island of Nothern Greece

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