Amateur historian proves '15th century map' that showed
Vikings discovered America
before Columbus
is a FAKE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2334633/Vinland-Map-Amateur-historian-proves-15th-century-map-showed-Vikings-discovered-America-Columbus-fake.html
It was hailed as the first proof of Viking exploration to
the America and the earliest
known map of the New World.
Moreover, the Vinland Map was used by some to claim that the
Vikings had discovered America
50 years before Christopher Columbus.
Now a Scottish independent researcher has used simple Google
searches to investigate the map and claims to have uncovered new proof that
suggests it is an elaborate fraud.