Executed Ottoman People - Aya L Smail Pasha, Benderli Ali Pasha, Candarl Halil Pasha, Cinci Hoca, Corlulu Ali Pasha, Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha, Ga (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Aya l smail Pasha, Benderli Ali Pasha, Candarl Halil Pasha, Cinci Hoca, Corlulu Ali Pasha, Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha, Gazi Huseyin Pasha, Gazi Husrev Pasha, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Hac Halil Efendi, sa Celebi, Kabakc Mustafa, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Kara Mustafa Pasha, Kemanke Mustafa Pasha, Koca Mustafa Pasha, Kucuk Mustafa, Mahmud Pasha, Mere Huseyin Pasha, Midhat Pasha, Mustafa Celebi, Nasuh Pasha, Nef'i, Nevesinli Salih Pasha, Pargal Ibrahim Pasha, Patrona Halil, Piri Reis, Sar Suleyman Pasha, Savc Bey, ehzade Ahmet, ehzade Beyaz t, ehzade Korkut, ehzade Mustafa, Selim III, Sofu Mehmed Pasha, Taban yassi Mehmed Pasha, Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha, Yunus Pasha. Excerpt: Piri Reis (full name Hac Ahmed Muhiddin Piri - Hajji Ahmed Muhiddin Piri, Ahmed ibn-i el-Hac Mehmed El Karamani; Reis was a Turkish military rank akin to that of captain) was an Ottoman admiral, geographer and cartographer born between 1465 and 1470, and died in 1553. He is primarily known today for his maps and charts collected in his Kitab- Bahriye (Book of Navigation), a book that contains detailed information on navigation, as well as very accurate charts (for its time) describing the important ports and cities of the Mediterranean Sea. He gained fame as a cartographer when a small part of his first world map (prepared in 1513) was discovered in 1929 at the Topkap Palace in Istanbul. His world map is the oldest known Turkish atlas showing the New World, and one of the oldest maps of America still in existence anywhere (the oldest known map of America that is still in existence is the map drawn by Juan de la Cosa in 1500). Piri Reis' map is centered on the Sahara at the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer. In 1528 Piri Reis drew a second world map, of which a small fragment (showing Greenland and North America from...