The Vinland Map courted controversy from the moment its discovery was announced. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University // Public Domain (map); wilatlak villette/Moment/Getty ...

The Vinland Map purports to be a 15th-century map with a pre-Columbian depiction of the North American Coast. A new analysis has confirmed that the map is, in fact, a modern-day forgery.

The Vinland Map, which purports to be a 15th-century map with a pre-Columbian depiction of the North American Coast, was drawn with modern inks, suggests a new analysis by Yale scientists and ...

"The Vinland Map is a fake," Raymond Clemens, a curator at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, said. "There is no reasonable doubt here. This new analysis should put the matter to rest." ...

The map's Latin text notes that Leif Eriksson was together with a companion named Bjarni when he discovered Vinland, a curious detail that Norse scholar Kirsten Seaver says runs counter to the ...

Ever since its sensational unveiling by Yale University scholars in October 1965, the Vinland Map has been a lightning rod for passionate debate. Most reviews of the arguments, including NOVA's ...

Since anatase was not synthesized until 1917, they considered this as evidence that the Vinland Map is a forgery. To the contrary, the ink may help prove the map's authenticity, says Olin.

“The Vinland Map is a fake,” Raymond Clemens, the curator of early books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale, said in a statement this month.

Since anatase was not synthesized until 1917, they considered this as evidence that the Vinland Map is a forgery. To the contrary, the ink may help prove the map's authenticity, says Olin.

The controversial Vinland map, which includes the northeastern coast of North America and purportedly dates from the mid-1400s, may be a legitimate historical artifact rather than a forgery ...

"The Vinland Map is a fake," said Raymond Clemens, curator of early books and manuscripts at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which houses the map. "There is no reasonable doubt here.