Illuminated Manuscript Map of Sardina from Book of Navigation, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.658, fol. 226b

Illuminated Manuscript Map of Sardina from Book of Navigation, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.658, fol. 226b

Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts 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. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th…