Word: vinlanda
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...Davis team persuaded Yale University, which owns the controversial Vinland map, to fly it to Davis, where it was subjected to the proton beam. The map, supposedly dating to around 1440, created a sensation when it was revealed in 1965 because it showed part of North America, labeled VINLANDA INSULA. It seemed to be the first cartographic evidence that Europeans had visited the continent before the time of Columbus. In 1974, however, some particles of ink from the map were found to be titanium-based. This meant, experts said, that the ink was of 20th century vintage...
...upper left-hand corner were the unmistakable outlines of Greenland and Vinland, the latter rounded off into an island in accordance with the medieval assumption that the universal sea surrounded any area that had not been explored. Both were plainly labeled (GRONELĀDA and VINLANDA INSULA...
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