Forgeries

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/1/2021
  

  Yale Affirms Celebrated "Vinland" Map is a Forgery

  “The Vinland Map is a fake,” Raymond Clemens, the curator of early books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale, said in a statement this month. “There is no reasonable doubt here."

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  9/27/2021
  

  Viking Map of Americas Shown to be a 20th Century Forgery

  by David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele

  Both financial gain and the prevalent sectarian conflicts over immigration and nationality in early 20th century America probably motivated the forgery and muted the inclination to challenge it.