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The Vinland map first came to light in 1957 (three years before the discovery of the Norse site at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland in 1960), bound in a slim volume with a short medieval text called the Hystoria Tartarorum (usually called in English the Tartar Relation), and was unsuccessfully offered to the British Museum by London book dealer Irving Davis on behalf of a Spanish-Italian ...
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
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.
Vinland map. During the mid-1960s, Yale University announced the acquisition of a map purportedly drawn around 1440 that showed Vinland and a legend concerning Norse voyages to the region. [123] However certain experts doubted the authenticity of the map, based on linguistic and cartographic inconsistencies.
Olin, J. S. (2012) Evidence that the Vinland Map was drawn using an iron gall ink: The continuing need for further research, Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, 2012, 2, 514-518 Olin, J. S. (2013) The Vinland Map: Transmission electron micrograph of the ink, International Journal of Advances in Chemistry (IJAC) Vol.1, No.1, November 2013
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Helluland (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈhelːoˌlɑnd]) is the name given to one of the three lands, the others being Vinland and Markland, seen by Bjarni Herjólfsson, encountered by Leif Erikson and further explored by Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson around AD 1000 on the North Atlantic coast of North America. [1]
Residents say a fake Aldi placed on Google Maps caused a stream of cars to travel to their village.