The "Inexplicable Map" of Piri Reis, 1513. The map shows the western coasts of North Africa, the coast of Brazil and (very oddly) an ice-free Antarctica, long before Antartica was officially discovered.

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Oronce Fine Map from 1531 (it depicts Antarctica even though it was officially discovered in 1820).

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