Contents
Praeface

I - The Establishment and Expansion of the Turkish - Ottoman Empire

I) The Territorial and Marine Dominance of the Turkish - Ottoman Empire in the XVIth Century

2) The Discovery of America (Mundus Novus)

II) Life and Works of Piri Reis

1) Biography of Pirî Reis (1470 - 1554)

2) The Book of Bahriye ( = On Navigation)

3) America on the first world map of Pirî Reis (1531)

4) The second world map of Pirî Reis (1528)

5) A comparison of the maps of Pirî Reis with the maps of the XVI th century and with older maps

Conclusion

The illustrated lectures that I delivered in Geneva (9.I.1937) and in Ankara (1937) on Pirî Reis with the maps ofthe XVI th century and with older maps

The Manuscript Editions of Bahriye

Bibliography

A list of some of the latters that were written to me directly to the National Library and to the Turkish Historical Association

A Sugestion

Aktion has been taken about my two proposals

Index

Pictures and Maps