Piri Reis maps America Amidst the Turkish men of the sea of
great repute, Piri Reis is by far the one with the greatest
legacy. The famous (Piri Reis's) map of America, which is a
genuine document, not a hoax of any kind, was made in Islanbul
in the early 16th Century. It focuses on the western coast of
Africa, the eastern coast of South America, and the northern
coast of Antarctica. Piri Reis could not have acquired his
information on this latter region from contemporary explorers
because Antarctica remained undiscovered until 1818 CE, more
than 300 years after he drew the map." "The ice-free coast of
Queen Maud Land shown in the map is a colossal puzzle because
the geological evidence confirms that the very latest date that
it could have been surveyed and charted in an ice-free condition
is 4000 BCE". "It is not possible to pinpoint the earliest date
that such a task could have been accomplished, but it seems that
the Queen Maud Land littoral may have remained in a stable,
unglaciated condition for at least