![Surviving fragment of a 1513 Ottoman world map depicting the new world [449x599] (Original file is 1,964x2,619 pixels).](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/558fbaf2-47bd-4b58-8a08-4b0b761cd83a.jpeg){kind=link}
The map is known by the name of its author, admiral Piri Reis. Only half of the original map survives today.
Source: Wikipedia
The map is known by the name of its author, admiral Piri Reis. Only half of the original map survives today.
Source: Wikipedia
That and the claim that it shows Antarctica just because there’s some imaginary land down there drive me nuts. They knew Antarctica existed but not Tierra del Fuego, which was a lot closer? Call me dubious.