Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: Steve B on March 29, 2010, 19:49:48 PM

Title: 16th Century Navigational Map.
Post by: Steve B on March 29, 2010, 19:49:48 PM

I thought this picture may interest the Turkish history buffs on the CBF.

This is part of Jacopo Russo's Navigational Map which is on display at Birmingham's own Museum & Art gallery. I've probably walked past the glass case containing the map hundreds of times over the years and never thought anything of it.

The map was made in Sicily back in the 16th Century and the ink was drawn onto vellum (sheep skin).

Fethiye has gone through a few name changes over it's sometimes turbulent history... Telmessos and Megri to name a couple but on this map you will see it as Marri.

...well I think it's interesting anyway :D:D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/Steve71/16thCentMap.jpg)

Title: 16th Century Navigational Map.
Post by: KKOB on March 29, 2010, 20:01:53 PM

I like Antalya's previous name, Fatalia ! I bet travellers where dying to go there.

Title: 16th Century Navigational Map.
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on March 29, 2010, 20:32:31 PM

Megri (pronounced merri) and marri are similar and the f in fatalia would have been pronounced s as in rodaf (rodos)

Title: 16th Century Navigational Map.
Post by: Gorgeous_bird on March 29, 2010, 21:17:18 PM

more detail on it than the Tom Tom map of Turkey!

Title: 16th Century Navigational Map.
Post by: Chinook on March 30, 2010, 16:22:12 PM

Fascinating.It must have been drawn around the time that Sulemein the Magnificent invaded Rhodes from Marmaris or Sisro.