Piri Reis map
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The Piri Reis map is a famous early 16th-century world map, drawn by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, noted for its surprisingly accurate depiction of parts of the Americas and often cited in alternative history theories.
All labels observed (1)
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| Piri Reis map canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5229160 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piri Reis map Context triple: [Fingerprints of the Gods, notableChapterTopics, Piri Reis map]
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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
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B.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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C.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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D.
Siegfried Map
The Siegfried Map is a detailed topographic map series of Switzerland that succeeded the earlier Dufour Map and provided more modern and precise cartographic coverage of the country.
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E.
Ortelius’s Parergon
Ortelius’s Parergon is a celebrated series of historical and thematic maps by Abraham Ortelius, often published as a supplement to his pioneering world atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piri Reis map Target entity description: The Piri Reis map is a famous early 16th-century world map, drawn by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, noted for its surprisingly accurate depiction of parts of the Americas and often cited in alternative history theories.
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A.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
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B.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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C.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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D.
Siegfried Map
The Siegfried Map is a detailed topographic map series of Switzerland that succeeded the earlier Dufour Map and provided more modern and precise cartographic coverage of the country.
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E.
Ortelius’s Parergon
Ortelius’s Parergon is a celebrated series of historical and thematic maps by Abraham Ortelius, often published as a supplement to his pioneering world atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographic artifact
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portolan chart ⓘ world map ⓘ |
| approximateScale | small-scale world representation ⓘ |
| author | Piri Reis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedIn | alternative history theories ⓘ |
| contains |
cartographic annotations
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illustrations of animals ⓘ illustrations of mythic creatures ⓘ illustrations of ships ⓘ short texts describing sources ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Piri Reis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ottoman naval cartography ⓘ |
| currentCity | Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Topkapi Palace Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1513 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern coasts of South America ⓘ northwestern coasts of Africa ⓘ some Atlantic islands ⓘ western coasts of Europe ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Topkapi Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Gustav Adolf Deissmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1929 ⓘ |
| hasPart | surviving fragment ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arab nautical charts
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Portuguese charts ⓘ Spanish charts ⓘ maps from Columbus ⓘ |
| language | Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | gazelle skin parchment ⓘ |
| medium |
ink
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paint ⓘ |
| mentions | Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early cartographic representation of the Americas
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extensive marginal notes ⓘ relatively accurate depiction of parts of the New World ⓘ |
| orientation | north-oriented ⓘ |
| originalExtent | larger world map ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Kitab-i Bahriye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| sourceFor | history of early modern cartography ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
cartographic studies
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historical research ⓘ pseudoscientific speculation ⓘ |
| usesProjection | portolan-style rhumb-line network ⓘ |
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Subject: Piri Reis map Description of subject: The Piri Reis map is a famous early 16th-century world map, drawn by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, noted for its surprisingly accurate depiction of parts of the Americas and often cited in alternative history theories.
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