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The Vinland map. The Vinland Map was claimed to be a 15th-century mappa mundi with unique information about Norse exploration of North America but is now known to be a 20th-century forgery. The map first came to light in 1957 and was acquired by Yale University. It became well known due to the publicity campaign which accompanied its revelation ...
However certain experts doubted the authenticity of the map, based on linguistic and cartographic inconsistencies. Chemical analysis of the map's ink later shed further doubts on its authenticity. Scientific debate continued until in 2021 the university finally acknowledged that the Vinland Map is a forgery. [125]
However certain experts doubted the authenticity of the map, based on linguistic and cartographic inconsistencies. Chemical analysis of the map's ink later shed further doubts on its authenticity. Scientific debate continued until in 2021 the university finally acknowledged that the Vinland Map is a forgery. [69]
The map was acquired by Yale in the mid-1960s and was said to be the earliest depiction of the New World. Yale University's controversial Vinland Map is a fake, new study confirms Skip to main content
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The Vinland map is purportedly a 15th century Mappa Mundi, redrawn from a 13th century original and owned by Yale University. Drawn with black ink on animal skin, the map is the first known depiction of the North American coastline, created before Columbus' 1492 voyage.
The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation, written with Thomas E. Marston, and George Painter, by Yale University Press,; History of Cartography (with Leo Bagrow), originally published in London and Cambridge by C. A. Watts and Harvard University Press in 1964.
Maps, Myths, and Men: The Story of the Vinland Map (2004) ISBN 0804749639 In Quisling's Shadow : The Memoirs of Vidkun Quisling's First Wife, Alexandra (1999) ISBN 0817948325 The Frozen Echo : Greenland and the Exploration of North America, ca. A.D. 1000-1500 (1996) ISBN 0804731616