[Just A Word]

Вот что пишет сам Пири Рейс (в переводе на английский, http://www.turkeyinmaps.com/piri.html#)

VI. (This section explains in what way this map was drawn). In this century there is no map like this map in anyone's possession. The hand of this poor man has drawn it and now it is constructed from about twenty charts and Mappae Mundi (these are charts drawn in the days of Alexander, Lord of the Two Horns , which show the inhabited quarter of the world; the Arabs name these charts Jaferiye), from eight Jaferiyes of that kind and one Arabic map of Hind, and from the maps just drawn by four Portuguese which show the countries of Hind, Sind and China geometrically drawn, and also from a map drawn by Colombo in the western region. By reducing all these maps to one scale this final form was arrived at. So that the present map is as correct and reliable for the Seven Seas as the maps of our own countries are considered correct and reliable by seamen.

Где здесь 3000 лет? Alexander, Lord of the Two Horns - персонаж Корана Dhul-Qarnayn, которого обычно связывают с Александром Македонским (есть также точка зрения, что прототипом является Кир Великий).