Ancient Map Of Antarctica Debunked

The turks have piri reis, whose 1513 map shows parts of america and antarctica with astonishing and, in the case of antarctica, frankly inexplicable accuracy. The buache map—created around 1737— is believed to be the result of much more ancient maps. The buache map is an 18th century map commonly claimed to accurately depict the continent of antarctica before it was buried by ice.

The map drawn by piri re‘is dated to the month of muharrem 919 ah (corresponding to spring 1513 ce) is well known in the fringe literature. The landmass is replaced with the unknown. Hacı ahmet’s map of the world:

By extension, it has been claimed that this map is evidence that an ancient civilization had mapped antarctica without ice, and the buache map was drawn based on this ancient source.

In 1773, explorer james cook passed through the antarctic circle for the first time. The buache map has two versions. On march 8, 2019 april 15, 2020 by jennifer mugrage. Piri re‘is was an admiral of the turkish navy and this map, showing the atlantic ocean, west africa, the iberian peninsula and lands on the western side of the ocean, seems to have been based on twenty different maps.