It was not only the Algerians that possessed a large fleet, the Caliphate of the Ottomans had an impressive and well-organised fleet as well. This Islamic naval force was of utmost importance, yet it was still to expand both in size and knowledge.
It was not only the Algerians that possessed a large fleet, the Caliphate of the Ottomans had an impressive and well-organised fleet as well. This Islamic naval force was of utmost importance, yet it was still to expand both in size and knowledge.
On a chilly winter day in 1929, Halil Edhem, the Director of Turkey's National Museum, was hunched over his solitary task of classifying documents. He pulled towards him a map drawn on Roe deer skin. As Halil opened the chart to its full dimensions (two feet by three feet wide or 60 X 90 cm) he was surprised by how much of the New World was depicted on a map which dated from 1513.
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