FORESTIST

INVESTIGATION ON MATHEMATICAL BASE OF THE PIRI REİS MAP

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İÜ Orman Fakültesi, Ölçme Bilgisi ve Kadastro Anabilim Dalı 34473 Bahçeköy/İstanbul

FORESTIST 1996; 46: 131-146
DOI: 10.17099/jffiu.70878
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C om putations are reckoned of the geographic and right coordinates of the points indicated ont he portolano (m aps based on the hypothesis th at the E arth is flat and th at depict the im portant features of a port) m ade in 1513. in the study conducted ont he Piri Reis m ap, the regions in proxim ity to the equator corresponded closely to alm ost every projection. C alculations for places m ore distant from the equator failed to accord \vitlı the projection systems. Extrem e Iack of congruity was evident in the regions close to A ntartica.

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