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The zoomorphic representations of the Pîrî Reis map (1513)

dc.contributor.authorMasseti, Marco
dc.contributor.authorVeracini, Cecilia
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-13T10:01:27Z
dc.date.available2023-10-13T10:01:27Z
dc.date.issued2016-06-24
dc.description.abstractIn 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.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMASSETI M. & VERACINI C. 2016. — The zoomorphic representations of the Pîrî Reis map (1513). Anthropozoologica 2016 (1): 41-54. https://doi.org/10.5252/az2016n1a3pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.5252/az2016n1a3pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28972
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectCartography, iconography, animals, fabulous creatures, 16th centurypt_PT
dc.titleThe zoomorphic representations of the Pîrî Reis map (1513)pt_PT
dc.title.alternativeLes représentations zoomorphiques de la carte de Pîrî Reis (1513)pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage54pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage41pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAnthropozoologicapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume51pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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