"Vinland map returns for more tests"
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Artículo sobre el mapa de Vinlandia publicado en Daily Telegraph, 4 de enero de 1967. http://www.afanporsaber.es/2014/08/el-mapa-de-vinlandia-i/
![VINLAND MAP
RE,TURNS FOR,
MOR,E, TESTS
DI'. A. R. MICHAELIS
Daily Telegl'aph Scienee
Correspondent
THE Vinland Map was
br9ught back to Britain
during the weekend by a
high official of YaIe University
for public exhibiUion and
further examination at the
British Museum.
The map, a íacsimile oí which was published in October, 1956, purports .to show Amel'ica 50 years beíore the continent's discovery by Columbus.
l'he map first carne to light in Britain in 1957 and was published in a book, .. The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relatioll," by MI'.
R. A. Ske]ton, superintendent of the Map Room oí the B'ritish Museum, Dr. T. Marston, curator o,i Médieval an d Renaissance Literature at the University oí Yale Library, and MI. George Painter, assistant keeper oí Printed Books af the British Museum.
Laboratory tests
Mr. Skelton tald me yestel'day that handwriting experts will compare the writing on the map with that oí the manuscript. In addition. microscope examination and tests under ultra-violet light wilI be made in the laboratory oí the museum. These will be carried out únder the supervision oí ,MI'.
T. C. Skeat, Keeperoí Manuscripts at the British Museum.
The map will be on view to the public at the British Museum írom Jan. 20"101' about four weeks](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/dailytelegraph-4-140830213402-phpapp02/85/Vinland-map-returns-for-more-tests-1-320.jpg?cb=1409434478)
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"Vinland map returns for more tests"
- 1. VINLAND MAP RE,TURNS FOR, MOR,E, TESTS DI'. A. R. MICHAELIS Daily Telegl'aph Scienee Correspondent THE Vinland Map was br9ught back to Britain during the weekend by a high official of YaIe University for public exhibiUion and further examination at the British Museum. The map, a íacsimile oí which was published in October, 1956, purports .to show Amel'ica 50 years beíore the continent's discovery by Columbus. l'he map first carne to light in Britain in 1957 and was published in a book, .. The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relatioll," by MI'. R. A. Ske]ton, superintendent of the Map Room oí the B'ritish Museum, Dr. T. Marston, curator o,i Médieval an d Renaissance Literature at the University oí Yale Library, and MI. George Painter, assistant keeper oí Printed Books af the British Museum. Laboratory tests Mr. Skelton tald me yestel'day that handwriting experts will compare the writing on the map with that oí the manuscript. In addition. microscope examination and tests under ultra-violet light wilI be made in the laboratory oí the museum. These will be carried out únder the supervision oí ,MI'. T. C. Skeat, Keeperoí Manuscripts at the British Museum. The map will be on view to the public at the British Museum írom Jan. 20"101' about four weeks