Study Says Medieval New World Map Is Real

Associated Press ^ | Nov 25, 2003 | DIANE SCARPONI

[Pharmboy]

Uf dah?

[tiamat]

Cool!

[LPM1888]

Ping

[Cicero]

I can't bring up the picture. Maybe the web site is overloaded.

[ryanjb2]

"Some scholars have speculated that Columbus could have used the map to find the New World in 1492. "

Some scholars are stupid. Its a giant blob with a smaller blob next to it. It wouldn't have done a thing for him.

[Pharmboy]

Go to the AP link above and view it there...it's coming up here for me with no problem. But, I've had the same thing happen to me on other threads...

[Pharmboy]

Good point.

[tiamat]

But it's still cool!

Tia

[Pharmboy]

Then again, it would have AT LEAST let him know there was land there...

[mtbopfuyn]

In other articles, there's debate because the Vikings couldn't have mapped the world in such detail. I don't know why not. They were known for their travels and it's been proven through various digs they were in the New World before Columbus. Heck, Chris was met on the beach so he obviously wasn't the first.

[JoeSchem]

"Some scholars have speculated that Columbus could have used the map to find the New World in 1492. "

Some scholars are stupid. Its a giant blob with a smaller blob next to it. It wouldn't have done a thing for him.

If Columbus did use the map, he should get his money back. Despite three trips to the New World, Columbus only made it to islands in the Carribean and Gulf of Mexico. He never touched on North or South America.

[elli1]

" Some scholars have speculated that Columbus could have used the map to find the New World in 1492."

Find the "New World"? I thought Columbus was lost.

[PoorMuttly]

There goes Columbus Day.

Then again...how about just adding another celebration day ?!! I'm ALL for that !

[wideminded]

The university has not taken a position on its authenticity.

Several years ago I attended a dinner at Yale where I sat next to an official from the Yale Library. I asked him about the Vinland map. He said that he had participated in tests on the map using a proton beam and based on those tests the map appeared to be genuine.

[blam]

Vindication For Vinland Map: New Study Supports Authenticity

[blam]

"Despite three trips to the New World, Columbus only made it to islands in the Carribean and Gulf of Mexico. He never touched on North or South America."

The Shipwreck At Playa Damas Location: Panama

"Some evidence, not yet confirmed by archaeological analysis, suggests that the shipwreck at Playa Damas is that of La Vizcaina, a ship abandoned in 1503 by Christopher Columbus on his fourth and final voyage."

[Prof Engineer]

ping

[WackyKat]

I see no reason why it couldn't be authentic.
We now know the Vikings established settlements in Canada centuries before Columbus.
I have heard there is some evidence that Portuguese fisherman were fishing off Newfoundland during the late Middle Ages.
Given Columbus' maritime experience, he must have heard some versions of these stories, and perhaps even seen maps of North America.

[shaggy eel]

,,, another map to fall of the edge of.

[Pharmboy]

Whoops...I searched "medieval."