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June 3, 2013 12:04 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/KDlAhEBWppc/story01.htm
Vinland map, chart of Norse exploration of Americas, "proved"fake
Discovered in 1957 and hailed as the earliest map of the New World, the Vinland Map charted Norse exploration of the Americas long before Christopher Columbus. After decades of controversy, however, an amateur historian may finally have demonstrated that it is a clever hoax: the map occupies a sheet of parchment that was relatively unremarkable 120 years ago.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/KDlAhEBWppc/story01.htm
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