If the map were genuine, it would pre-date the feted voyage of Christopher Columbus by some years - and would possibly have relied instead on the experiences of Viking explorers who may well have ...

"The Vinland Map is a fake," said Raymond Clemens, curator of early books and manuscripts at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which houses the map. "There is no reasonable doubt here.

Ancient Viking Myths that Helped Sailors Conquer Dangerous Waters. Vikings did not navigate using maps, compasses, or sextants. Instead, they depended on “mental maps” formed by memories ...

The voyage took the Norse to a densely populated part of Newfoundland. ... Vikings Archaeologist sailed a Viking replica boat for 3 years to discover unknown ancient harbors. ... Norse voyage map ...

The simple line map of the world, ... it appears possible that the Viking voyages may have served as an incentive to Columbus and Cabot and other rediscoverers of America in the 15th century.

More information: Greer Jarrett, From the Masthead to the Map: an Experimental and Digital Approach to Viking Age Seafaring Itineraries, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (2025). DOI: 10 ...

Over 3,100 miles at sea. Since 2022, Jarrett and his intrepid crews have navigated multiple voyages aboard an open, square-rigged clinker boat built in the style of those used during the Viking ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Two new studies add fresh fuel to a decades-old debate about whether a parchment map of the Vikings' travels to the New World, purportedly drawn by a 15th century scribe, is ...

He explained that the 10m-long boat had been on previous Viking voyages before to Iceland, ... posted a map on social media two days into the voyage showing the boat to the north-east of Shetland.

More information: Greer Jarrett, From the Masthead to the Map: an Experimental and Digital Approach to Viking Age Seafaring Itineraries, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (2025). DOI: 10 ...