Piri
Reis, an admiral of the Ottoman Fleet in the 16th century is the author of
Kitab-ı Bahriyye which is history’s first-known sea pilot’s book. Every
Mediterranean port is accurately described and the charts are almost perfect,
reflecting the author’s considerable knowledge of the Mediterranean, which
partly belonged to his empire (the area stretching from Morocco to Venice).
In 1550, or thereabouts, Piri Reis produced charts of North and South
America and here again he has achieved amazing accuracy. How he did it is
one of history’s unsolved mysteries.
In Kitab-ı Bahriyye, there is a chapter about Kalkan Bay, wherein the
author has described with pinpoint precision Kalkan’s fresh water supply,
the supply which is mainstay of the village today. From him we also learn
that the bay was also called ALIKI-KARA or ALKI-KAARA and that the western
tip of the bay was named KALAMOÇ. Kalkan the Turkish name and Kalamaki, the
Greek name may have been derived from these origins. At the time of writing,
Piri Reis does not mention a settlement in the bay. (16th century)
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Piri
Reis, an admiral of the Ottoman Fleet in the 16th century is the author of
Kitab-ı Bahriyye which is history’s first-known sea pilot’s book. Every
Mediterranean port is accurately described and the charts are almost perfect,
reflecting the author’s considerable knowledge of the Mediterranean, which
partly belonged to his empire (the area stretching from Morocco to Venice).