Map of the Island of Kalimnos

Description Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a map of the Island of Kalimnos (Kalimaz) south of Leros in the eastern Aegean Sea.

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.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Piri Reis (Turkish, 1465-1555) (Author)

Period

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

Medium

ink and pigments on laid European paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.658.88A

Measurements

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

Geographies

Turkey (Place of Origin)
Greece, Kalimnos (Place Depicted)
Greece, Leros (Place Depicted)
Aegean Sea (Place Depicted)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

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late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.374A	Accession
akburun	Tags

Map of the Anatolian Coast, the City of Iskenderun as Afar as the Shores of Adana	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.323A	Accession
manavgat	Tags

Book on Navigation	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658	Accession
sicily, rhodes, pasman, otranto, sea, mediterranean, marseille, grenada, ancona, cairo, messina, zadar, sardinia, catanzaro, trieste, ferrara, moroccan, genoa, libya, ottoman, portugal, granada, kurdistan, lemnos, iskenderun, genicke, kalymnos, romanius, istanbul, algiers, malta, corfu, paxoi, kea, alanya, tripoli, psara, alger, pola, cerigo, kythara, peschici, mountathos, egypt, red, dead, gibraltar, linish, morocco, kelibia, crete, veglia, hamam, leukada, france, piri	Tags

Map of the Black Sea Coastline	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.373A	Accession

Map of the Sea of Marmara, Bosporus Strait and the Black Sea	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.372B	Accession

Map of the Coast of the Black Sea from Istanbul to Geresun	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.371A	Accession

Map of the Island of Mir 'Ali	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.369B	Accession

Map of the Island of Marmara in the Sea of Marmara	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.368B	Accession

Leaf from Book on Navigation	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.367B	Accession

Map of Part of the Coastline of the Sea of Marmara, with the Town of Kavak	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.366B	Accession

Map of Aloneses and Unidentified Islands	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.364B	Accession

Map of Skyros Island	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.362B	Accession

Map of Keos Island	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.361B	Accession

Map of Kythnos Island	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.360B	Accession

Map of Serofos (Koyunluga) Island	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.359B	Accession

Map of Melos Island	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.357B	Accession

Map of the Islands Folegandros and Melos	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.356A	Accession

Map of the Islands Folegandros and Ios	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.355A	Accession

Map of Two Islands: Santorini and Thera in the Aegean Sea, North of Crete	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.354A	Accession

Map of the Island of Anafi, East of Thera	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.353A	Accession

Map of the Island of Crete	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.352A	Accession

Map Fragment of the Island of Crete	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.351B	Accession