Includes papers presented and summarizes lively discussions at the Vinland Map Conference of 1966, which was organized by the Department of American Studies of the Smithsonian Institution in response to publication of the Vinland Map, now known to be a modern day forgery. Includes contributions from various scholars in cartographic history.
Chicago: University if Chicago Press, 1971. Hardcover. Folio. 185 pages. Dust jacket in very good condition with some edge wear. Boards clean and bright with no visible wear. Binding tight and square. Pages somewhat tanned with foxing on the fore edge. Wonderful copy.
