In school we were taught Christopher Columbus discovered of
America in 1492. Historically it is as firm a person, event one
can historically get. Like a rock! Columbus discovered America
in 1492. However many evidences have been presented attempting
to dethrone the traveling Italians honor but nothing, no ancient
stone works, mysterious coins with dates before his arrival or
Egyptian like hieroglyphics etched in stone found in the mid
west can have the strength of argument to over turn such a
deeply held prized event until mid 2009. The Vinland map has
been known since 1957. Written on parchment and ink the map
shows the outlines of Europe and parts of Africa. However as you
scan to the west your eye easily recognizes Iceland and a bit
more to the left and there is Greenland traveling across the
ocean we see…New Foundland? What is a section of North America
doing on a map carbon dated at 1440? That’s a half a century
before the Queen gave Chris the green light for his own gig. The
latest analysis completed by