Vinland Map

[Steve]

When I was in elementary school, I ordered a book on historical mysteries through one of those Schoolastic book catalog/fliers they hand out to students. That book was one my first influences which got me interested in learning and later researching history. One of the mysteries in the book was the Vinland Map and whether it was authentic. Now by the time this book was published (and read by school boy me), most scholars had already come to the conclusion the map was a forgery with a smaller group believing that the forgery claim hadn't been proven yet. Well a recent study by Yale University, the owner of the map, has come to an even more definitive conclusion of forgery. The story is well worth the read, especially if you're interested in how investigators can come to the conclusion a document is a forgery:

https://news.yale.edu/2021/09/01/analysi...-its-fake?

In case any of you are curious, no I don't think that book had historical mysteries related to Abraham Lincoln.