Niccolò Machiavelli vs Piri Reis
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Compare the life timelines of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) and Piri Reis (1465–1553) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 58 years, from 1469 to 1527.
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Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
- — Born in Florence Verified
- — Appointed secretary of the Second Chancery of the Florentine Republic Verified
- — Dismissed from office and briefly imprisoned after the Medici returned to power
- — Wrote The Prince at his farm in Sant'Andrea in Percussina Verified
- — Died in Florence Verified
Piri Reis (1465–1553)
- — Born in Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire Verified
- — Began seafaring under his uncle, the corsair Kemal Reis Verified
- — Entered official Ottoman naval service with Kemal Reis Verified
- — Drew his first world map, an early surviving map showing the Americas Verified
- — Presented his world map to Sultan Selim I in Egypt Verified
- — Completed the Kitab-i Bahriye (Book of Navigation) Verified
- — Produced his second world map Verified
- — Appointed commander of the Ottoman Indian Ocean fleet Verified
- — Led the Ottoman campaign against Portuguese-held Muscat and Hormuz Verified
- — Executed in Cairo Verified