Piri Reis Map Debunked. This site attempts to mystify the 1513 piri reis map of the world, including the new world, produced in istanbul. Measuring roughly 35 by 24 inches, the map is currently in pieces, but the surviving ones show different pieces of the world as they appeared to cartographers in 1513.

If that is the case, then someone discovered and mapped antarctica centuries before its reported discovery in 1773. The perfection of his projection is the map’s most outstanding feature. This has largely been explained by the difficulty of trying to construct a single map from a larger set of source.

This controversy was precipitated when professor charles hapgood published, in 1965, his theory about antarctica in the book maps of the ancient sea kings.

He’s the fellow that has thoroughly debunked (i’d use the word “bludgeoned”) the “ufos in medieval art” nonsense in a. The mysteries of the piri reis map 1 piri reis map how could a 16th century map show antarctica. Ancient maps had he curious alignments youtube. Along the bottom section, the map appears to.