Admiral Peri
Random reading led me to a map drawn by one Peri Reis of Gallipoli (‘Reis’ meaning Admiral) way back in the 16th century (about 1513AD).He was not much of an explorer (given that his country was not either), but quite a cartographer and analyst- so he created this map by compiling and researching many sources from history. Its quite fascinating in itself, but has been a source of curiosity (and in many cases, flights of fancy) because it shows a (fairly accurate) depiction of Antarctica, which of course had not yet been ‘discovered’ in 1513- that happened only in 1818. What’s actually more intriguing is how it shows an ice-free depiction of a part of Antarctica that was last ice-free only in 4000BC. Whoa!
There has been a lot of wonderment, skepticism and hypothesising about this, which is all very interesting.
Just thought someone out there might be interested.
in: turkey / turkey history
remembered at 05:13, istanbul time
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