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Deutsch: Mögliche Interpretation des Südteils der Karte des Piri Reis.
English: Possible interpretation of the Piri Reis map. Central and South America on the left, North Africa in the upper right, south Atlantic Ocean in the middle.

Markers from north to south:

  1. Haiti and Dominican Republic (Hispaniola island)
  2. Puerto Rico
  3. Lesser Antilles
  4. Trinidad (and Tobago), off the coast of Venezuela
  5. Mouth of Corentyne between Guyana and Surinam
  6. Amazon Delta
  7. River Pará and the island of Marajó (far eastern mouth of Amazon river system)
  8. Easternmost point of South America, near Natal
  9. Río de la Plata
  10. Mouth of Negro River
  11. Valdés Peninsula
  12. Modern Santa Cruz province in Argentina, south of Comodoro Rivadavia
  13. Islas Malvinas
  14. Cape Horn (close to Tierra del Fuego)
An alternative (but less likely) interpretation of those ancient map can be found here: File:Piri Reis map interpretation RG.jpg
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Source Own work, based on de:Datei:Karte des piri reis.jpg and File:Whole world - land and oceans.jpg. Both sources are public domain.
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TMg Note: This interpretation is probably incorrect, the map only extends 5 degrees south of the equator, according to "Report No. 83-205 SPR The UFO Enigma, Marcia S. Smith, 20 June 1983, Congressional Research Service, Appendix B quoting "Some trust in chariots : sixteen views on Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the gods", editors Thiering, Barry and Edgar Castle, West books, 1972.

The Piri Reis map also lacks 900 hundred miles of South-American coast and the Drake Passage, according to Story, Ronald (1980), The Space-gods revealed. A close look at the theories of Erich von Däniken (2 ed.), Barnes & Nobles, ISBN 0-06-464040-X.
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