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Unknown., The "Vinland Map" (15thC? 19thC? 20thC?)
Unknown., The "Vinland Map" (15thC? 19thC? 20thC?)
From Yale University Library/Beinecke Digital Collections:
Originally the Vinland Map, Speculum historiale, and Hystoria Tartarorum were bound…
Tags: commodity, controversy, Norse, provenance, university
Sigurður Stefánsson (original), Thordur Thorlaksson (copy), Biørn Jonsen, Skálholt Map (Vinland)
Sigurður Stefánsson (original), Thordur Thorlaksson (copy), Biørn Jonsen, Skálholt Map (Vinland), 1570; 1669 version
A 1570 original by an Icelander (Stefansson) then copied by by the Bishop of Skálholt. The earliest attempt to combine cartographic knowledge with…
Tags: Atlantic, climate change, literary map, Norse