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Maps, Myths, and Men - The Story of the Vinland Map (Paperback)
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Maps, Myths, and Men - The Story of the Vinland Map (Paperback)
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The "Vinland Map" first surfaced on the antiquarian market in 1957
and the map's authenticity has been hotly debated ever since-in
controversies ranging from the anomalous composition of the ink and
the map's lack of provenance to a plethora of historical and
cartographical riddles. Maps, Myths, and Men is the first work to
address the full range of this debate. Focusing closely on what the
map in fact shows, the book contains a critique of the 1965 work
The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation; scrutinizes the marketing
strategies used in 1957; and covers many aspects of the map that
demonstrate it is a modern fake, such as literary evidence and
several scientific ink analyses performed between 1967 and 2002.
The author explains a number of the riddles and provides evidence
for both the identity of the mapmaker and the source of the
parchment used, and she applies current knowledge of medieval Norse
culture and exploration to counter widespread misinformation about
Norse voyages to North America and about the Norse world picture.
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