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The Vinland Map carries with it the air of mystery and, some would say, the stench of deception. In the vaults of Yale University, and insured for $25 Million, it is either a colossal fraud or an artifact of unparalleled value.
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The earliest cartographic evidence of Norse settlements in North America has been confirmed as an elaborate forgery
The analysis shows the Vinland Map, from Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, is actually a modern forgery.