Every few years this map makes it's rounds in the media. I thought the last time it was thouroughly debunked as a fake, but I don't remember details. Does anyone remember?
Someone showed that titanium occurs naturally, thus debunking the debunkers.
It was covered a few nights ago on either the History or Discovery Channel. The ink proved to be out of date for the time as well as artificially aged. There were also several cartographic and linguistic errors.