The Mysterious Piri Reis Map Might Have Show Antarctica Way Before It Was Officially Discovered
Drawn on gazelle skin parchment, the Piri Reis Map is based on about 20 other maps, some of which were created by Christopher Columbus. Wikimedia CommonsJames Cook and Piri Reis . In 1773 , explorer James Cook passed through the Antarctic circle for the first time . Cook and his crew let out a land that had , until then , remained a mystery . While this expedition rest the official “ first find ” of the continent , a mapping was discovered in 1929 that suggests otherwise ....