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The zoomorphic representations of the Pîrî Reis map (1513)
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In 1513 the famous Turkish navigator, geographer and cartographer, the admiral Pîrî Reis, drew a
large planisphere showing the entire known world of the time. Today only a fragment of this work
remains, conserved at the Topkapi Sarayi Museum in Istanbul (Turkey) and referred to as the Carte de
l’Atlantique. This map represents one of the most controversial, mysterious and beautiful documents
in the history of cartography. The aim of this study is to analyse the zoomorphic representations of
the Pîrî Reis map, investigating the sources of their iconography as well as focusing on their zoologi cal and cultural meanings. We carried out a review of existing literature on this topic, attempting
to provide an updated scientific interpretation of the animals portrayed, considering the zoological
knowledge assumed to exist at the beginning of the 16th century and the probable cultural background
of Pîrî Reis. Our interpretation demonstrates that many of the animals represented in the Pîrî Reis
map conform to the European and Near-Eastern late medieval iconographic tradition. On the other
hand, other zoomorphic representations, such as Caribbean parrots, appear unrelated to any previous
source and could possibly have been copied from Columbus’ lost map.
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Cartography, iconography, animals, fabulous creatures, 16th century
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MASSETI M. & VERACINI C. 2016. — The zoomorphic representations of the Pîrî Reis map (1513). Anthropozoologica 2016 (1): 41-54. https://doi.org/10.5252/az2016n1a3