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Maps, myths, and men : the story of the Vinland map by Seaver, Kirsten A., 1934- is a travel available to read on EtoBox.
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The "Vínland Map" first surfaced on the antiquarian market in 1957 and the map's authenticity has been hotly debated ever sincein controversies ranging from the anomalous composition of the ink and the map's lack of provenance to a plethora of historical and cartographical riddles. Maps, Myths, and Men is the first work to address the full range of this debate. Focusing closely on what the map in fact shows, the book contains a critique of the 1965 work The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation;
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Seaver, Kirsten A., 1934-
- Publisher
- Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804749633
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Anthropology, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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