# Piri Reis

> An Ottoman admiral who drew a world map in 1513 that somehow referenced a lost Columbus chart—then got beheaded after retreating from a siege. His work was ignored for centuries until builders renovating a palace in 1929 pulled it from the walls, launching both scholarly fascination and wild theories about Antarctica.

*Turkish admiral and cartographer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/piri-reis

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1470
- **Died:** 1554
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Muhiddin Piri learned the sea under his uncle, the corsair Kemal Reis, sailing into Ottoman naval service and eventually commanding his own ship in wars against Venice. After his uncle's death, he turned to mapmaking, blending classical sources with his own voyages and fresh European intelligence in ways rare for Ottoman scholarship of the time. He fought in the 1517 conquest of Egypt, then presented his world map and later his Kitab-ı Bahriye—a nautical atlas—to the Sultans as gifts. Promoted to grand admiral of the Indian Ocean fleet, he won campaigns in the Red Sea but was executed following his retreat from the siege of Hormuz Island at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. His charts gathered dust until 1929, when renovators at Topkapı Palace unearthed the 1513 map; its citations of Portuguese explorers and a now-lost Columbus source made it a touchstone of national pride in Turkey, though fringe claims about an ice-free Antarctica—since disproven—have kept his name in wider circulation.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 25.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Scientist, #Literature, #Turkey, #Middle East, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217915)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Piri%20Reis)
- [بيرى ريس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [پیری رییس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [Пири Реис](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [পিরি রেইস](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8)
- [Piri Reis](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [پیری ڕەئیس](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%95%DB%95%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [Piri Reis](https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Piri Reis](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Пири-реис](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [Piri Reis](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Piri Reis](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Πίρι Ρέις](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%A1%CE%AD%CE%B9%CF%82)
- [Piri Reis](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Piri Reis](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Piri Reis](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [پیری رئیس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [Piri Reis](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Piri Reis](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Piri Reis](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [פירי ראיס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1)
- [Piri Reis](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Piri reisz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_reisz)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Piri_Re%C3%ACs)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [Wikiquote](https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Piri_Reis)
- [Piri Rəis](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_R%C9%99is)
- [بيري ريس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3)

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