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Keywords: Marseilles by Piri Reis.jpg en Marseilles in en France on the Kitab-ı Bahriye Book of Navigation of en Piri Reis This map is not that accurate and has serious deviations from the real world On the left the mouth of the en Rhone it might have changed quite a lot since then and the surrounding towns Then in somewhat false orientation the chained harbour of Marsailles truly the harbour opens in western direction The cliff cape south of Marsailles is close to reality even if not perfectly correct Attention from now on several coast areas were not documented most missing in modern terms of view is the famous natural en Bay of Ciotat but a few not that small islands are missing as well further en Cassis en La Ciotat en Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer and en Bandol might be missing as well Then the drawn harbour and town that opens to west might be some village in the area of en Sanary-sur-Mer/ en Six-Fours-les-Plages The harbour of en Toulon is relatively well depicted including that protective peninsula en Le Mourillon and the smaller bay on the peninsula of en Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer with the exception that it all opens to the east The cape of en Giens in combination with the island of en Porquerolles is again relatively well recognizable including some minor mis-placed and mis-oriented island that a sailing boat would normally pass in close distance Finally in the east the town of en L'Ayguade and the former saline area of en Les Salins d'Hyeres could be identified All above is stated under the aspect of not being a translation from the original card material inscriptions but from comparison with reference maps and knowledge of the true location en wikipedia Hayk using CommonsHelper PD-old original upload log page en wikipedia Marseilles_by_Piri_Reis jpg 2006-10-29 23 49 Shuppiluliuma 587×810× 206079 bytes <nowiki>Marseilles in France on the Kitab-ı Bahriye Book of Navigation of Piri Reis PD-old </nowiki> Maps by Piri Reis Old maps of Marseille Old maps of Toulon
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