Piri Reis vs Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Compare the life timelines of Piri Reis (1465–1553) and Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 44 years, from 1475 to 1519.
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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
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519)
- — Born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain Verified
- — Sailed to the New World with Rodrigo de Bastidas Verified
- — Settled on Hispaniola as a planter Verified
- — Co-founded Santa María la Antigua del Darién Verified
- — Stowed away on an expedition to the Gulf of Urabá Verified
- — Became interim governor of Veragua (Darién) Verified
- — Led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama Verified
- — First European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the Americas Verified
- — Superseded as governor by Pedrarias Dávila Verified
- — Arrested, convicted of treason, and executed at Acla Verified