Studies in Ottoman Naval History and Maritime Geography

Table of Contents Introduction 1. Piri Reis and Süleyman the Magnificent 2. Piri Reis and the Ottoman Discovery of the Great Discoveries 3. Piri Reis and the Persian Gulf 4. The Rise of the Barbarossas in North Africa 5. Ottoman naval policy in the Indian Ocean 6. The Portuguese and the Turks in the Persian Gulf 7. Naval Aspects of the Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes, Cyprus and Crete 8. The Strait of Chios and the Kaptanpaşa’s navy 9. The Ottoman Merchant Marine 10. Certain Types of Ships in Ottoman-Turkish Terminology Míná Milāha Ottoman Cartography A Czech nobleman’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land: 1493 Harant’s Putowanj and Ali’s Halat al-Qahire: a Comparison A collection of articles by Svat Soucek about the naval history of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th to 18th centuries.