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"Bob Officer" <bobofficers@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:ufkqeugqslklv41va6qjf5m79quc1opb64@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 23 May 2002 12:17:19 -0400, in sci.geo.earthquakes, "Micheal
> Wilson" <email@myhouseinbramptonontariocanada.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> >"{#} 3rd_Crusader" <3rd_Crusader@camelot.castle.com> wrote in message
> >news:3cecda77$0$21588$7a628cd7@news.club-internet.fr...
> >> You are one of those Skeptics, aren't you ?
> >> Beuuuuuliever in Glaciations too ?
> >>
> >
> >
> >Please, just once more for the crowd, tell us your ridiculous theory
about
> >why "glaciations" will not work.  once again, explain what happens when
you
> >rub an ice cube against a rock.
> >
> >And Please OH Please call me a ""Beuuuuuliever".
> >
> >You are an entertainer, not a geologist, and your lack of knowledge of
how
> >glaciers interact with the land they come in contact with is complete.
>
> He reminds me a much dumber Cliff Claven...

But, Mr Turcaud aside, the Piri Reis map does pose some interesting
questions.

It shows Antartica as two islands.  There is a case to be made that
Antartica WAS two islands, as little as 25,000 years ago - depending on how
much credence you put in certain strange theories about "crustal slippage".
(I am not a geologist, or even a reasonable facsimile thereof - my father is
a geology teacher (retired), and the only stuff I know, I picked up in walks
and drives around NZ, a quietly interesting country from a geological
standpoint).

It also seems to show a pretty close match to South America, particularly -
with rivers (mainly) in the correct places, and the coastline roughly the
right shape - even to a pretty good match for latitude and longitude.  As
the map is dated 1503, and was supposedly (according to the author) sourced
from much older maps, it raises some interesting questions.

Certainly, the whole thing could be dismissed as an unlikely series of
coincidences, but in doing that I feel that you would be closing your mind
to possibilities that, whilst they may not lead anywhere, are at least fun
to think about.