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Is This The Oldest Map of North America?

An anonymous reader writes: "Scientists from the University of Arizona, the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Smithsonian Institution have used carbon-dating technology to determine the age of a controversial parchment that might be the first-ever map of North America." Update: 07/30 03:04 GMT by T : Bill Reardon writes: "Thought you might like to know there's another story running via the AP on the map. New study says Yale University's Vinland map is a forgery. Poor Yale. First hacked by Princeton, now their map is a forgery."

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  1. Re:Native Maps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    They had their Science rate too low, and went down the wrong branch of the Tech Tree to get that Civ advance.