Vinland Map

Vinland Map

Vinland Map was once thought to have been a pre-Columbian map made during the Viking exploration of North America. It features a large landmass called Vinland, located in the Atlantic, which doesn’t actually exist. In 2018, after several investigations, researchers at the Yale University concluded that the map was a 20th century forgery.

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