The so-called oldest map of North America — the Vinland Map — sits in Yale’s Beinecke collection in a slim volume along with a medieval manuscript. The map purports to show groundbreaking conclusions ...

Christie's auction house says it has discovered a previously unknown copy of the first map to name America, and the 510-year-old manuscript will be for sale next month.

In 2002, debates were still raging. Two new studies on the map published conflicting conclusions: researchers with the University College London ruled it was a fake, and again pointed to the ink ...

The 15th century Vinland Map, the first known map to show part of America before explorer Christopher Columbus landed on the continent, is almost certainly genuine, a Danish expert said Friday.

The library announced the purchase yesterday of the Waldseemuller world map of 1507, a cartographic treasure and the first known document to call a land mass "America." ...