The Vinland Map 15th Century Mappa Mundi Poster

The Vinland map is claimed to be a 15th century mappa mundi with unique information about Norse exploration of America. It is very well known because of the publicity campaign which accompanied its revelation to the public as a "genuine" pre-Columbian map in 1965. In addition to showing Africa, Asia and Europe, the map depicts a landmass south-west of Greenland in the Atlantic labeled as Vinland; the map describes this region as having been visited by Europeans in the 11th century. Although it was presented to the world in 1965 with an accompanying scholarly book written by British Museum and Yale University librarians, historians of geography and medieval document specialists began to suspect that it might be a fake as soon as photographs of it became available, and chemical analyzes have identified one of the major ink ingredients as a 20th century artificial pigment. However, individual pieces of evidence continue to be challenged, most recently at a 2009 conference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vinland_Map_HiRes.jpg vinland map mappa mundi historic "vinland map" "mappa mundi" "historic map" "vintage map" "old map" norse "early america" "america map" "15th century"