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AN HISTORICAL NOTE
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Piri Reis, an admiral of the Ottoman Fleet in the 16th century is the author of Kitab-ı Bahriyye which is history's first-known sea pilot's book. Every Mediterranean port is accurately described and the charts are almost perfect, reflecting the author's considerable knowledge of the Mediterranean, which partly belonged to his empire (the area stretching from Morocco to Venice).
In 1550, or thereabouts, Piri Reis produced charts of North and South America and here again he has achieved amazing accuracy. How he did it is one of history's unsolved mysteries.
In Kitab-ı Bahriyye, there is a chapter about Kalkan Bay, wherein the author has described with pinpoint precision Kalkan's fresh water supply, the supply which is mainstay of the village today. From him we also learn that the bay was also called ALIKI-KARA or ALKI-KAARA and that the western tip of the bay was named KALAMOÇ. Kalkan the Turkish name and Kalamaki, the Greek name may have been derived from these origins. At the time of writing, Piri Reis does not mention a settlement in the bay. (16th century)
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