Vinland was the name given to an area of North America by the Norseman Leifr Eiríksson, about the year A.D. 1003 [citation needed]. In 1960 archaeological evidence of the only ...
The Vinland map is purportedly a 15th-century mappa mundi, redrawn from a 13th-century original. In addition to showing Africa, Asia and Europe, the map depicts a large island west ...