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Maps, Myths, and Men the Story of the Vinland Map

Maps, Myths, and Men the Story of the Vinland Map Trade paperback - 2004 - 1st Edition

by Kirsten A. Seaver

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Used; Very Good. 3-G-37 Stanford Univ Pr 2004 Paperback. Text is clean and unmarked. Back cover has light discoloration. Spine is tight. Book Condition; Very Good . 2004. TRADE PAPERBACK.
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  • Title Maps, Myths, and Men the Story of the Vinland Map
  • Author Kirsten A. Seaver
  • Binding TRADE PAPERBACK
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used; Very Good
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stanford University Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 9780804749633
  • ISBN 9780804749633 / 0804749639
  • Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.16 x 5.9 x 1.09 in (23.27 x 14.99 x 2.77 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004001197
  • Dewey Decimal Code 912

From the publisher

The "Vnland Map" first surfaced on the antiquarian market in 1957 and the map's authenticity has been hotly debated ever since--in 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; scrutinizes the marketing strategies used in 1957; and covers many aspects of the map that demonstrate it is a modern fake, such as literary evidence and several scientific ink analyses performed between 1967 and 2002. The author explains a number of the riddles and provides evidence for both the identity of the mapmaker and the source of the parchment used, and she applies current knowledge of medieval Norse culture and exploration to counter widespread misinformation about Norse voyages to North America and about the Norse world picture.

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Citations

  • Choice, 03/01/2005, Page 1281
  • Library Journal, 08/01/2004, Page 95
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/05/2004, Page 49

About the author

Kirsten A. Seaver is an independent historian, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London, a novelist, and a translator. She is the author of The Frozen Echo (Stanford, 1996).

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