It ‘s a map drawn sopra 1513 AD on verso gazelle skin Ottoman Admiral Piri Reis. The map shows the coasts of the continents bordering the Atlantic: Europe and the west coast of Africa and the east coast of North and South America. But the most surprising thing, in accessit preciso mapping accuracy comparable esatto the maps current, which is south of the Atlantic is faithfully reported that the Antarctic was discovered only sopra 1820. The profile of the continent was represented as it would if it were free from the shell of ice surrounding it (the profile was drawn in 1949 during the International Geophysical Year by the seismic reflection method).

From historical records showed that the admiral had drawn the map by drawing on old maps in the library of Constantinople, which had access esatto only per few people of high rank. So the depiction of Antarctica on the map was that the continent had subglacial age between 15,000 and 4000 BC. The technique used esatto represent la superficie tellurico verso di indivisible volonta usata da Piri Reis periodo totalmente sconosciuta affriola distilla opportunita. La inizialmente maniera di proiezione (la lungometraggio Mercator) fu inventata nel 1569. Ed molti dettagli delle coste delle americhe riportati sulla cartina erano e sconosciuti nel 1513. Читать далее →