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The Map Evidence
The Piri Reis map is one of the
most debated navigational maps as to what it shows, and the source of its
information. To many, it clearly
shows the coastline of South America, specifically Argentina, but there is a “southern
continent” in the map which has scholars bewildered as to what the mapmaker
was portraying. Numerous books have
been published on the topic, and it is as of yet unresolved. The map is agreed to have been published
in 1513. Menzies’ Thoughts: One of Menzie’s wildest and most
profound theories is that the Piri Reis map was based upon the work of the
Chinese and their discovery of Antartica…He based this upon the work of Charles
Hapgood, who had concluded during his research that the “southern continent”
pictured in the map is that of Antartica.
Gregory McIntosh, a researcher
who has written quite a book on the topic was quick to show Hapgood his
errors: Reality: “ We must look at the primary
data — the maps themselves — and compare them to each other without the
distortions and silent emendations made by Hapgood. In order to show that the
outline of Terra Australis on the Fine map “matched” the outline of the real
continent of Antarctica, Hapgood rotated the Fine depiction significantly,
drastically altered its scale (Fine’s Terra Australis is 900 percent larger
than Antarctica!), changed the position of Fine’s South Pole by 1,000 miles,
omitted the 900-mile-long Antarctic (or Palmer) Peninsula, and resequenced
whole sections of the Fine depiction. After these “corrections” were made,
Hapgood was able to claim that the Fine map “matched” the actual
configuration of Antarctica. “ |
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