Piri Reis (English spelling)

Japanese: ピーリー・レイス(英語表記)Pīrī Reis
Piri Reis (English spelling)
?-1550
A 16th-century Ottoman admiral. Born in Gelibolu, near the entrance to the Dardanelles. Directly and indirectly exploring the oceans and coastal lands, he produced the famous and practical guidebook Kitāb-i Bahrīye. He is known as the earliest cartographer of the oceans, lands, and islands of the New World. His map of America, presented to the Sultan Suleiman I, was lost for a long time, but was discovered by chance in 1929 in a room in Topkapi Palace.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
?‐1550
16世紀のオスマン帝国の提督。ダーダネルス海峡入口に近いゲリボルの生れ。直接・間接に海洋や沿海陸地の探索にあたり,実地に役立つ著名な海洋案内書《海事の書Kitāb‐i Bahrīye》を作成した。とりわけ新大陸の海洋,陸地,島々に関する最古の地図作成者として知られる。アメリカに関する地図は時のスルタン,スレイマン1世に献上されたもので,長らく所在不明であったが,1929年になって偶然トプカプ宮殿の一室で発見された。

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