A map of America touted as being one of the oldest on record has turned out to be a convincing forgery, according to new studies. For decades, many believed that the Vinland Map was an important ...

A map of America touted as being one of the oldest on record has turned out to be a convincing forgery, according to new studies. For decades, many believed that the Vinland Map was an important ...

The Vinland Map, thought to be the oldest map of America, is officially a fake. September 30, 2021 5:16 PM ET. By . Sharon Pruitt-Young Enlarge this image.

Viking Map of North America Identified as 20th-Century Forgery New technical analysis dates Yale’s Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested.

Alex Clausen, a rare-map dealer at Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, in La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Christie’s had planned to sell a newly discovered print of Martin Waldseemüller’s ...