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Vinlanda: The Vinland Map on the Web - Tim Spalding assembles links to Net resources on the so-called "Vinland map", allegedly depicting Viking activity in North America.
Analyzing the Vinland Map - Interactive presentation of evidence in chemistry, cartography, pigments, and archeology, bearing on the question of the authenticity (or lack of it) of the allegedly 15th-century map showing "Vinland".
Brookhaven National Laboratory: Scientists Determine Age of New World Map - Press release concerning a U.S. government lab's finding that the Vinland Map predates Columbus's arrival in North America by almost 60 years.
NPR : Is the Vinland Map a Fake? - Report on recent C-14 and chemical analysis conducted to determine whether or not the oldest known map depicting North America is genuine. Includes related links.
Vinland Map and Shroud Updates - McCrone Research Institute discussion of scientific studies of the validity of these two artifacts.
Archaeological Forgeries - Shinichi Fujimura, the Vinland Map, the Piltdown Man, Kensington Stone, and other archaeological fakes.

Vinland map - The Vinland map is purportedly a 15th century Mappa Mundi, redrawn from a 13th century original. In addition to showing Africa, Asia and Europe, the map depicts a large island west of Greenland in the Atlantic called Vinland; the map describes this region as having been visited in the 11th ...