Kitâb-ı Bahriye: Piri Reis's Book on Navigation

Ms. H. 642 Topkapı Sarayı (Istanbul, Turkey)

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Alternative Titles: Kitâb-ı Bahriye: Piri Reis' Buch der Seefahrt
Pîrî Reis. Kitab-ı Bahriye. 1 & 2.
Kitab-ı Bahriyye: Piri Reis's Book on Navigation
كتاب بحرية
Kitab-ı Bahriye
Kitab-ül Bəhriyyə
Type: Manuscript on paper
Size / Format: 842 pages / 32.0 × 22.0 cm
Origin: Turkey
Date: 1553–1600
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Other Styles / Unknown
Genre: Geography / Maps
Language: Turkish
Content: 215 maps
Artist / School: Pîrî Reis (ca. 1470–1553) (cartographer)

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#1 Kitab-ı Bahriyye

Limited Edition: 2000 copies

Binding: Brown leather with gold tooling

Commentary: 1 volume (446 pp.)
Language: Turkish, English

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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#2 Pîrî Reis. Kitab-ı Bahriye

Binding: Grey leather with gold tooling

Commentary: 1 volume
Language: Turkish, English

4 volumes: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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