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When was the small part of Piri Reis's second world map drawn?

  • 1553

  • 1500

  • 1528

  • 1492

Answer

Piri Reis's second world map was drawn in 1528, during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. It is a small part of a larger map that was lost, but it is still a valuable source of information about the world as it was known in the early 16th century.
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