Piri Reis - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • Piri Reis features in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Revelations. In that video game set in 1511 AD, he has taken leave from the Sultan's Navy to work on chart and map making in Constantinople. He is portrayed as a member of the Assassin Order; his greatest contribution to the game is teaching main character Ezio Auditore how to better use Ottoman bombs.
  • Reis' maps are referenced in the novel The Space Vampires, in which it is stated that Reis used extraterrestrial information to increase the accuracy of his maps.
  • Piri Reis appears in Koei's Uncharted Waters: New Horizons video game. He is a recruitable NPC of Turkish Loyalty and wanders in Turkish ports until either recruited by player or begins to command a battle fleet for Turkish navy. His name is spelt Pilly Reis however. He is the highest level and therefore hardest to recruit npc.

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