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May 6, 1481
Piri Reis began engaging in government-supported privateering.
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Feb 9, 1499
he took part in many naval wars .
he took part in many naval wars of the Ottoman Empire against Spain, the Republic of Genoa and the Republic of Venice, including the First Battle of Lepanto (Battle of Zonchio). -
Jul 16, 1500
He took part in the Second Battle of Lepanto (Battle of Modon).
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Apr 5, 1511
Piri returned to Gelibolu.
When his uncle Kemal Reis died in 1511, Piri returned to Gelibolu, where he started working on his studies about navigation. -
Sep 27, 1513
On his first World Map of 1513, he imprinted the description "these lands and islands are drawn from the map of Columbus.
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Jun 2, 1516
He was again at sea as a ship's captain in the Ottoman fleet.
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Oct 19, 1517
He took part in the Ottoman conquest of Egypt.
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Nov 15, 1522
He participated in the Siege of Rhodes against the Knights of St. John
He participated in the Siege of Rhodes against the Knights of St. John, which ended with the island's surrender to the Ottomans on 25 December 1522 -
Jan 1, 1523
He participated in the the permanent departure of the Knights from Rhodes
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Apr 5, 1524
He captained the ship that took the Ottoman Grand Vizier Pargalı İbrahim Pasha to Egypt
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Feb 9, 1525
The second book has a total of 210 portolan charts.
The second book (1525) has a total of 210 portolan charts. he second section starts with the description of the Dardanelles Strait and continues with the islands and coastlines of the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea, the French Riviera, the Balearic Islands, the coasts of Spain, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, the coasts of North Africa, Egypt and the River Nile, the Levant and the coastline of Anatolia. -
Jul 12, 1547
Piri had risen to the rank of Reis (admiral) as the Commander of the Ottoman Fleet in the Indian Ocea
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Feb 26, 1548
He recaptured Aden from the Portuguese.
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Oct 18, 1552
He captured Muscat, which Portugal had occupied since 1507.
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Aug 26, 1554
He returned to Egypt, an old man approaching the age of 90.
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Mar 7, 1555
Piri Reis was publicly beheaded.
When he refused to support the Ottoman Vali (Governor) of Basra, Kubad Pasha, in another campaign against the Portuguese in the northern Persian Gulf, Piri Reis was publicly beheaded in 1554 or 1555.
