Antarctica Piri Reis Map

The map shows part of the western coasts of europe and north africa with reasonable accuracy, and the coast of brazil is also easily recognizable. In 1950 american expedition deep freeze managed to “reveal” the geography of the icy continent. A turkish navy officer sent the map to the u.s.

On the gazelle skin parchment was a map, now referred to as the piri reis map. It is believed that the map was compiled by piri reis from data obtained from numerous source. Surveying expeditions first accurately mapped antarctica in the 1950s (credit:

The baffling piri reis map of 1513:

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. The map was drawn and signed by turkish cartographer hagji ahmed muhiddin piri , aka piri reis, and is dated to 1513 ad. Various atlantic islands including the azores and canary islands are depicted, as. The map is a portolan chart, as shown by the four compass roses (two large and two small) from which lines of bearing radiate.