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Amazon. Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga. Smithsonian exhibition book edited by William W. Fitzhugh and Elisabeth I. Ward. Contains McNaughton's attack on the Vinland Map.

Science Mystery: The Vinland Map a lesson-plan from Discovery School for 9-12th graders, by Kathy Devine.

Very brief review of Skelton, et al. The Vinland Map by Phoebe-Lou Adams for The Atlantic Monthly. (Read down)

Web Archive: "Tales of Maps as Weapons of Persuasion and Deception" by Mark Monmonier for Mercator World, reviews Henry Holt, Drawing the Line: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy. Now working

Web Archive: Bit about the Smithsonian Exhibition and the "missing ink" in "Mercator's Log" from Mercator's World.

Brief overview of Skelton, et al. The Vinland Map by Vincent J. Mooney Jr. (1993) for The Epigraphy Forum.

Discussion Groups

Web Archive: Oldnorsenet. Scholarly list for discussion of medieval Scandinavian and North Atlantic societies.

Vinland eGroup. Highly-speculative email group.

American Runestones. An enthusiast group at Yahoo.

Amazon. Vikings : The North Atlantic Saga edited by William Fitzhugh and Elisabeth Ward. The reviews read something like a discussion group on the Vikings in North America.

Particularly off-center

Vinland Text. Peter Sjolander's page correlates the Vinland map with various data (much, like the Oak Bluffs runestone, quite dubious).