The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation : New Edition (in shrinkwrap]
Skelton, R. A.; & Thomas E. Marston; George D. Painter
Language: English
Published by Yale Univ Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1995
- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Univ Press, 1995. A gorgeous, pristine copy -- still in the publisher's clear plastic shrinkwrap. Brand New condition in a Brand New dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO chips. NO tears. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square, and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Illustrated with 19 plates, including a few foldout maps. Updated and expanded edition of this classic of historical cartography. Among the additions are a new introduction by George Painter, who discusses the verification of the map's authenticity; a new essay by Wilcomb Washburn on the map's provenance and scientific testing; and a new discussion of the map's compositional and structural aspects by Thomas Cahill and Bruce Kusko. This edition also includes for the first time an account by rare-book dealer Laurence C. Witten of his acquisition of the map in 1957. The Vinland Map, dated to about 1440, more than 50 years before Columbus landed in America, "is a unique map of the world that shows an outline of the northeast American coast and a legend describing its discovery in about 1000 by Leif Eiriksson, the Norseman from Greenland." The map was first published in 1965 and immediately generated an enormous amount of controversy. The debate led to repeated scientific investigations of the map's ink, paper, and other evidence. Along with the original text, this new edition adds accounts of conclusions from those studies. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in shiny gold over a black panel on the spine. Includes dust jacket. Updated and Expanded Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/New in publisher's shrinkwrap. 357pp. + 19 plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…
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- Title
- The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation : New Edition (in shrinkwrap]
- Author
- Skelton, R. A.; & Thomas E. Marston; George D. Painter
- Publisher
- Yale Univ Press, New Haven, Connecticut
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New in publisher's shrinkwrap
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300065205
- ISBN 13
- 9780300065206
- Edition
- Updated and Expanded Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Maps / Cartography
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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About Books [Genny and Michael Winne, proprietors, formerly of Parsippany, New Jersey) has been selling rare and out of print books since 1985. Besides book fairs and mail order catalogue, long-time collectors and dealers will remember our lengthy For Sale ads in the Antiquarian Bookman and similar magazines. Our inventory of more than 40,000 volumes is especially strong in the specialities listed, but contains fine books in a variety of other fields as well. Because most of our books are stored in protective boxes, rather than on shelves, they cannot be viewed as a whole. If you want to examine specific titles, please provide 24 hours notice and we will make them available for your inspection. Phone calls to (702) 750-2722 are welcome, but please only between the hours of 8am and 10pm, west coast time. Our phone is a landline that cannot receive texts.…
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