# The Vinland Map-Is It a fake?

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**Created:** [September 9, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vinland-map-is-it-a-fake/127655 "2002-09-09T14:23:50Z")\
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Interesting. I wonder “why” someone would create this forgery? Why would someone want to suggest the Norse had been to North America earlier than Columbus? The article suggests the forgery contains ink from around the 1920s - so if someone was creating this scam in that time frame, why?

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