Vinland Map

Scholars at Yale University have just completed a comprehensive analysis of the Vinland Map, a cartographic representation of the northeastern North American coast that was supposedly created in the 15th century. Using the latest high-tech methods to examine the ink used to draw its markings, the Yale experts have conclusively proven the Vinland Map hoax. It was manufactured by unknown parties in far more recent times, using a type of ink that was first produced in the 1920s. The Vinland Map was purported to have been made by Viking explorers, who allegedly charted the land masses they encountered on their various trans-Atlantic voyages. The ‘Vinland’ (‘Wine-land’ in English) label refers specifically to a coastal area of North America where wild