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W.658.52B: Map of the Bay of Salonica and the Western Coastline

Piri Reis (Turkish, 1465-1555)

late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)

ink and pigments on laid European paper

H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (34 x 24 cm)

Description

This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a map of the Bay of Salonica (Selanik, Thessalonici) and the western coastline.


Additional Information

Leaf from Book on Navigation

Acquired by Henry Walters

W.658.52B

Not on view

map

Turkish (Ottoman, 1500-1928)

Islamic

Bay of Salonica in Greece

Turkey

Provenance

Ahmad Afandi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see folio 4a]; Ali Afandi [date and mode of acquisiton unknown] [see folio 4a]; Sayyid Ali Qapudan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see folio 1a]; Sultan Mahmud Khan [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [waqf seal and followed by a bequest statement (now erased), and the seal of the inspector of wakfs, Mustafá Tahir, see folio 4a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.