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This paper contains the analysis of maps and textual geographical descriptions (pilot) of the Zadar maritime zone from the work Kitâb-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation) by Pîrî Reis, an Ottoman seafarer, pirate and later admiral. Comparative analysis was made of several examples of that navigational manual from Istanbul sources known to date and also from a lesser-known example from The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. The objective was to compare the information obtained by the Ottomans regarding wide Zadar area based on the secretive work of a foreigner from ranks of the enemy, Pîrî Reis, with that shown in the works of his contemporary Venetian cartographers, his‘hosts’ on the eastern Adriatic coast. Providing either the historical-cartographical or imagologicalgeographical perspective, the research reveals that Pîrî Reis managed to balance the demand for production of high quality navigation and geographical materials with his position as a foreigner on the east Adriatic. Cartographic and narrative images of the Zadar maritime zone by Pîrî Reis represent a reflection of the scope and possibilities of Ottoman cartography, enabling its reappraisal. The reason lies in the fact that the quality of the cartographic and narrative output of Pîrî Reis was not achieved in the navigational manuals of that time. The toponyms employed indicate that Pîrî Reis used other accessible sources, for example, navigation instructions, but he combined them with numerous observations of his own. Therefore, his work represents a totally original description of the Zadar maritime zone which, due to a lot of new information it contains, provides completely new scholarly cognisance.

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Čaušević, tenured professor in the turkish studies section at the faculty of humanities and social sciences of the University of Zagreb, is one of the most prominent turkologists in the region and the world, and a scholar to whom the academic community is indebted for his valuable insights about turkish language and culture. he was born in Brekovica, near the Bosnian town of Bihać, in 1952. After completing his secondary education at the academic high school in Bihać, he enrolled in the Oriental Philology program (turkish, Arabic, and Persian language and literature) at the faculty of Philosophy, University of sarajevo, where he graduated in 1974. he received his master's degree from the same faculty in 1982, and then went on to complete his doctoral studies in 1986, successfully defending his dissertation on the evolution of future forms in turkic languages, titled Dijahroni i sinhroni aspekti evolucije intencionala futura u turskom jeziku [Diachronic and synchronic aspects of the evolution of the intentional future in turkish]. he engaged in advanced study at the Universities of Istanbul (1978/79) and Ankara (1986), in addition to shorter research visits to Vienna, Budapest, and sofia. In the academic years of 1992/93 and 2000/01, as a fellow of the Alexander humboldt foundation, he was a guest researcher at the University of göttingen. In 1976, he started teaching at the faculty of Philosophy, University of sarajevo, beginning his very successful career as a professor and scholar. There, he taught the Ottoman turkish and contemporary turkish languages. from 1984 to 1992, he was head of the section for turkish language and literature and head of the Department of Oriental studies, while during the academic year 1987/88, he served as dean of the Philology Division of the faculty of Philosophy. When war broke out in Bosnia and herzegovina, he was in germany for the purposes of advanced research. After the expiration of his fellowship grant from the Alexander von humboldt foundation, and upon the invitation of his Zagreb-based colleague, Ottoman historian Prof. Nenad Moačanin, he came to Croatia intending to found a university study program in turkish language and literature. In 1994/95, the turkish studies section was founded according to the program conceived by Prof. Čaušević, with the enthusiastic support of Prof. Mislav ježić, who was then head of the Oriental