What is the Vinland Map? What does it purport to represent? How was it received when it first came to public attention in 1965 and what has happened to it since then? What can we learn from the rise and fall of the Vinland Map?

Your tools are as follows:

1. Page 458 of your textbook

2. The 1965 Chicago Tribune article "Map Proves Norse Explored America"

3. The 2013 Smithsonian video "The Puzzling Mystery Behind the Vinland Map"

4. The 2021 YaleNews article "Analysis unlocks secret of the Vinland Map - it's a fake"