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

Author: Piri Reis (Turkish, 1465-1555)

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

Medium: ink and pigments on laid European paper

Measurements: 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

Title: Leaf from Book on Navigation

Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters

Accession Number: W.658.52B

Location within Museum: Not on view

Format: map

Language: Turkish (Ottoman, 1500-1928)

Culture: Islamic

Place Depicted: Bay of Salonica in Greece

Place of Origin: 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.