Historic(al) Map Porn
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Surviving fragment of a 1513 Ottoman world map depicting the new world [449x599] (Original file is 1,964x2,619 pixels).
![Surviving fragment of a 1513 Ottoman world map depicting the new world [449x599] (Original file is 1,964x2,619 pixels).](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/558fbaf2-47bd-4b58-8a08-4b0b761cd83a.jpeg)
The map is known by the name of its author, admiral Piri Reis. Only half of the original map survives today.
Source: Wikipedia
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