Stefánsson map, c.1590

[ Stefánsson map, c.1590, The map shows Greenland as part of the polar mainland and Helluland, Markland and Skrælingeland south and west of Greenland. Separated from the latter by a narrow strait is a long narrow peninsula called in Latin Promontorium Vinlandiæ, the Promontory of Vinland. The peninsula is more or less on the same latitudes as England and Ireland., Sigurd Stefánsson, Manuscript Department, Royal Library, Copenhagen  ]

Notes: The map shows Greenland as part of the polar mainland and Helluland, Markland and Skrælingeland south and west of Greenland. Separated from the latter by a narrow strait is a long narrow peninsula called in Latin Promontorium Vinlandiæ, the Promontory of Vinland. The peninsula is more or less on the same latitudes as England and Ireland.

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