Oldest surviving map showing Americas, dated 1513 in Muslim calendar. Located in Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, rediscovered in 20th century. Contains marginal notes showing map was originally world map
Piri Reis was a Turkish admiral who drew a 1513 Mediterranean map for Selim I. Maps were discovered in the Library of Congress and later moved to Iceland. Maps were made from multiple Greek maps and were based on Eratosthenes' measurements
Ottoman admiral Piri Reis compiled a world map in 1513. Approximately one-third of the map survives in Topkapı Palace. Map was presented to Sultan Selim I after Egypt's conquest. Rediscovered in 1929, containing Columbus's lost map fragment
Boyut Yayınları published Piri Reis's Bahriye in 2013, 276 pages. English translation by Robert Bragner from 1988 TTT publication. Based on Istanbul University's rare copy T.6605
Piri Reis created a world map in 1513 with remarkable accuracy. Only one-third of the original map survived in 1929. Map shows detailed coastlines including South America and Antarctica. Mainstream explanation suggests combining existing maps and intuition
Piri Reis's 1513 map shows Antarctica's northern coast, discovered in 1818. Antarctica's ice-free period lasted from 13,000 to 4,000 BC. No civilization could survey Antarctica during this time period