| ID: | 21230 |
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| Entry Text: | Seaver, Kirsten A. Maps, Myths, and Men: The Story of the Vinland Map. Stanford: Stanford UP, 2004, xxi, 480 pp. Since 1965, debate over authenticity; conclusion: parchment authentic, ink, 20th century; Father Josef Fischer, German priest-cartographer, created it in 1944 "to enhance Nazi propaganda about Nordic origins"; "It is a sorry tale"; besides, "mapmaking was foreign to Vikings." |