[SpringheelJack]

"The Piri Reis map shows the western coast of Africa, the eastern coast of South America, and the northern coast of Antarctica. The northern coastline of Antarctica is perfectly detailed. The most puzzling however is not so much how Piri Reis managed to draw such an accurate map of the Antarctic region 300 years before it was discovered, but that the map shows the coastline under the ice.

Total nonsense. Try here (http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PSEUDOSC/PiriRies.HTM) for a refutation of those bizarre claims.

[TigersEye]

That is a really lousy refutation. The guy begins with the premise that the Peri Reiss map uses the same latitudinal references as modern cartography does and proceeds from that basis to criticize it on comparison. When you begin with a totally bogus premise your conclusions can only go downhill from there. If you go to the end and read is reply to an e-mail you will find even faultier reasoning applied there.

I don't know whether the theories in the first article about the Peri Reiss map are true or not but that refutation is pathetic. Lots of nice (useless) graphics though.

[caveat emptor]

Total nonsense...bizarre claims.
Poppycock....complete rubbish
hearing from too many fools
patently ludicrous.
lunatic land....pathetic mumble
an oafish mass of pseudoscience

Brilliant!