The City of Cairo
This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a map of the city of Cairo (Misr).Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I (the Magnificent), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. Th...
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77733
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map
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normalized
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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.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.658.305A_Fp_DD.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.658.305A |
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Islamic
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