Map of the world by Ottoman admiral Piri Reis, drawn in 1513. Only part of the original map survives and is held at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul. The map synt
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Piri Reis map

Piri Reis wrote on his map that he drew on older charts, including one by Columbus.

Hapgood saw ice-free Antarctica; historians see a bent coastline. How do we decide what an old map is really showing?

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Photo: Piri Reis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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