#Piri_Reis: Admiral extraordinaire, the champion of Ottoman cartography
▻https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/piri-reis-admiral-extraordinaire-the-champion-of-ottoman-cartography-42239
Reis’s genius geographical map work was lost to time for several centuries until a part of it was discovered in 1929, indicating the science of mapping in the 16th-century Ottoman Empire was way ahead of its time.
For any historian interested in cartography, the life of Ottoman admiral Piri Reis is a compelling study of human genius. A trained polymath, he used his extraordinary mathematical skill to produce an exceptionally accurate world map in 1513, opening up new avenues and destinations for sailors, traders and pirates.