Fun Puzzle: Where did the Vikings Settle south of Labrador?

[rakovskii]

Originally Posted by Quebec Is My Country

Fascinating! https://www.ancient-origins.net/news...merica-0015901

Thanks for sharing. The article says:

no maps have been recovered from this time that include the North American continent

I recall a reference from the medieval or early modern period saying that a Scandinavian had a map showing the locations of regions like Vinland. But the particular map hasn't shown up.

I also recall a late medieval map of the North Atlantic that showed regions west of Greenland based apparently on a 14th century English monk's journey among Norwegians to Greenland. The monk composed a book called the Inventio Fortunata ("Fortunate Discovery") about the regions, but the book has since been lost, although partial summaries of the Inventio Fortunata survive.

[netwit]

Originally Posted by rakovskii

Thanks for sharing. The article says:

I recall a reference from the medieval or early modern period saying that a Scandinavian had a map showing the locations of regions like Vinland. But the particular map hasn't shown up.

I also recall a late medieval map of the North Atlantic that showed regions west of Greenland based apparently on a 14th century English monk's journey among Norwegians to Greenland. The monk composed a book called the Inventio Fortunata ("Fortunate Discovery") about the regions, but the book has since been lost, although partial summaries of the Inventio Fortunata survive.

There is a Vinland map but it has been shown to be fake. https://news.yale.edu/2021/09/01/ana...d-map-its-fake