# Oldest map of America proven fake (again)(and again and again and...)

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**Created:** [October 5, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-map-of-america-proven-fake-again-and-again-and-again-and/951926 "2021-10-05T12:33:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-map-of-america-proven-fake-again-and-again-and-again-and/951926/1 "2021-10-05T12:33:27Z")

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> The British Museum, however, rejected the offer, asserting that the map was forged. Since then, a new study has emerged every few years deeming the map to be a fake: the [British Museum in 1967](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1797077?origin=crossref&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents), [Yale itself in 1973](https://www.mccrone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MA_Case_Study_Vinland_Map_Longer_W5.pdf), the [University of California Davis in the 1980s](http://digitalcollections.slu.edu/digital/collection/speccoll/id/1447), [British researchers in 2002](http://www.webexhibits.org/vinland/paper-clark02.html?), and several more reports in the 21st century.

[Yale releases new study proving — again — that the so-called oldest map of America is a fake - Yale Daily News](https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/10/04/yale-releases-new-study-proving-again-that-the-so-called-oldest-map-of-america-is-a-fake/)

It’s funny, I really hadn’t heard about all the other proofs of its fake-itude before now.

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**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-map-of-america-proven-fake-again-and-again-and-again-and/951926/2 "2021-10-05T13:35:04Z")

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Here’s an old thread with some recent discussion when the news broke last month.

> [@The Vinland Map-Is It a fake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vinland-map-is-it-a-fake/127655):
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> A recent article in the BOSTON GLOBE, relates that the Yale University-owned “Vinland” Map has been radio-carbon dated to ca. 1430. I belive that the late Dr. Walter McCrone analyzed themap. and decided that it was a fake, because: -the black lines on the map were composed of a pigment containing a titanium compund-a pigment unknown until 1925. -the yellow staining surrounding the black lines were made by a forger-the yellow stains contained iron oxide, which would not have been present in med…

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-map-of-america-proven-fake-again-and-again-and-again-and/951926/3 "2021-10-05T13:36:21Z")

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Bah - I saw how old it was and missed the bump. I’ll report mine for closure. Thanks for pointing that out.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-map-of-america-proven-fake-again-and-again-and-again-and/951926/4 "2021-10-05T13:38:11Z")

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