The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation
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R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, and George D. Painter; Foreword by Alexander O. Vieter; Introduction by George D. Painter; Essays by Wilcomb E. Washborn, Thomas A. Cahill, Bruce H. Kusko, and Lawrence C. Witten, II
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Format: ClothPrice: $100.00
Now, on the thirtieth anniversary of its original publication, here is this classic of historical cartography in a new edition. It reprints unaltered the original text on the Vinland Map and an account of Friar John of Plano Carpini's mission to the Mongols from 1245 to 1247, with which the map had at some stage been bound. To this have been added a new introduction by George D. Painter, sole survivor of the original team of editors, who discusses the verification of the map's authenticity; a new essay by Wilcomb E. Washburn, director of the Smithsonian's American Studies Program, on the map's provenance and the tests that have been performed on it; and a new discussion of the map's compositional and structural aspects by Thomas A. Cahill and Bruce H. Kusko, of the Crocker Historical and Archaeological Projects at the University of California, Davis. There is also an account by Laurence C. Witten II, the rare-book dealer who sold the map to the benefactor who donated it anonymously to the Yale University Library.
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"The most exciting cartographic discovery of the century."—Kenneth Nebenzahl, Chicago Daily News
"Full of information, bizarre or learned or both, on medieval bookbinding, papermaking, handwriting, mapmaking, the habits of bookworms, and Tartary under the khans."—Phoebe-Lou Adams, Atlantic
"One of the most important books ever published concerning the history of discovery and exploration relating to the New World."—Library Journal
Publication Date: January 24, 1996
