Piri Reis map
Appearance

The Piri Reis map is a map of the world drawn on a parchment of gazelle skin by a Turk named Piri Reis (Hadji Muhiddin Piri Ibn Hadji Mehmed) in 1513. This map has been used to support claims for a pre-modern exploration of Antarctica.
Sources
[change | change source]- ↑ Harwood, Jeremy 2007 To The End of the Earth. Struik, p69. ISBN 978-1-77007-608-2