Piri Reis Map Atlantis

Piri Reis Map Atlantis. Compiled in 1513, the Piri Reis map is one of the oldest post-Columbian world maps in existence This arguably depicts an ice-free Antarctica and has been used to develop the idea that Atlantis had been located there and was destroyed when a sudden pole shift caused the southern icecap to move to its present position.

The most widely referred to map in relation to Atlantis as well as advanced ancient civilisations is the Piri Reis chart The Piri Reis Map, measuring approximately 90 x 65 cm, is drawn on gazelle skin and shows parts of the coasts of Africa, Europe and South America with surprising accuracy

The Maps of Piri Reis The Public Domain Review

New discoveries of ancient Tartessos in Spain linked to Atlantis July 9, 2024 Is. The map has garnered attention because it appears to show an ice-free Antarctic coastline. Much of Piri Reis's biography is known only from his cartographic works, including his two world maps and the Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Maritime Matters) [6] completed in 1521

. The Piri Reis Map (1513) (c) was a world map drawn on a gazelle skin of which only the left-hand side still exists Piri Re'is was an admiral of the Turkish navy and this map, showing the Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and lands on the western side of the Ocean, seems to have been based on twenty different maps.

. Drawn on gazelle skin by an Ottoman-Turkish admiral and cartographer Ahmet Muhiddin Piri, best known as Piri Reis, the map is extremely detailed for its time. The Piri Reis Map of 1513 is the first surviving map that shows the Americas (the Vinland map may be older but only shows a part of North America).