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TRAVELLING -- PIRI REIS. Kitabi Bahriye ("Book of Navigation/Sea Atlas"). Istanbul, Devlet Basimevi (State Printing Office), 1935. Introduction, facsimile of the ms. (maps and text), partly in colour, and index. Sm-fol. Ocl. blind tooled 'envelope' binding w. triangular fore-edge flap. (Some minor wear to binding, but a very good copy). -- And 3 o., 2 of which on Piri Reis in Turkish. (4).
Piri Reis, Ottoman navigator, cartographer and sailor, born in Gallipoli between 1465 and 1470, deceased in 1554 or 1555. Facsimile edition of his 'Book of navigation' published in 1513. Introductory text in Turkish. - Books from the library of Prof. Dr. A.H. de Groot may contain some annotations in pencil.€ 100
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