The Piri Reis Map. Sixteenth century journal 32/4 (2001): The piri reis map shows the western coast of africa, the eastern coast of south america, and the northern coast of antarctica.

Is charles hapgood, author of maps of the ancient sea kings cor. It is one of the most interesting and important maps from its time due to the extent of the world shown and its use and. The northern coastline of antarctica is perfectly detailed.

The piri reis map shows the western coast of africa, the eastern coast of south america, and the northern coast of antarctica ice free.

The map shows accurate use of longitude and latitude. In addition to being a cartographer, piri reis served in the turkish navy, for which he held the rank of admiral. The most puzzling however is not so much how the piri reis antarctica map managed to so accurate 300 years before it was discovered, but that the map. Hapgood in 1965 has demonstrated an extraordinary correlation between piri reis map and a map based on aerial photographs taking cairo as the central point.