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Subject: In "The Portolan", Issue 89: La Balise, Mississippi -
Transimperial Focal Point. Early Computer Cartography. Ptolemy's
Geography. Comments on the Ostrich Egg Globe. And more.
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:40:39 -0400
From: Thomas Sander <[log in to unmask]>
This thrice-yearly journal with articles on maps, the history of
cartography, and exploration is the only journal of its kind in the
Americas. Below is information on the Spring 2014 issue recently
published. See
http://www.washmapsociety.org/The-Portolan-Journal.htm for details on
ordering the current or past issues of "/The Portolan"/. That link also
takes the reader to the contents list of all back issues and an index to
those issues. The focus of the society and the journal is not solely
Washington; topics are widespread in scope.
*"/THE PORTOLAN/": JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY
ISSUE 89 (Spring 2014)
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Issue 89 (Spring 2014), consisting of72 pages, was published in March
2014 and is in distribution to all paid subscribers and members in good
standing of the Washington Map Society. Copies are available for purchase.
JUSTIN DELLINGER's 2013 Ristow Prize-winning paper presents interesting
research into the geographical depiction and importance of a town at the
mouth of the Mississippi River. JOHN HESSLER describes early computer
mapping now archived at the Library of Congress. PETER MEURER describes
the production and non-production of atlases in the early 1500's in
central Europe. PETER DICKSON comments on STEFAAN MISSINNE's research
into the Ostrich Egg and Lenox globes; MISSINNE replies to the
comments. LEIGH LOCKWOOD reports on a trip he made with DICK PFLEDERER
to see portolan atlases at the Morgan Collection in New York City. JULIE
SWEETKIND-SINGER tells the story of the scanning and cataloging of the
McLaughlin Collection maps of California as an Island at Stanford
University. BILL STANLEY remembers the early formative years in this
35^th anniversary year of the Washington Map Society. Five books are
reviewed. And there is more.
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"The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 90 is due for
release in August 2014.**
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*CONTENTS OF ISSUE 89 -- Spring 2014
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*ARTICLES*
*2013 RISTOW PRIZE PAPER*. "La Balise: A transimperial focal point", by
Justin T. Dellinger
"Species of Spaces: The Early Computer Cartography Project at the
Library of Congress", by John W. Hessler
"Non-realized Editions of Ptolemy's Geography in Early German
Humanism", by Peter Meurer
"Commentary on the Twin Lenox and Ostrich Egg Globes", by Peter Dickson
with response by Stefaan Missinne
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*RECENT PUBLICATIONS*
This regular feature, a bibliographic listing of articles and books
appearing worldwide on antique maps and globes and the history of
cartography, is compiled by Joel Kovarsky.
*BOOK REVIEWS*
"/Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography/
<http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalog/vandenhoonaard-map.shtml>/"/
(Reviewer: Julie Sweetkind-Singer)
"/The Horizons of Christopher Columbus -- Using the Heavens to Map
America/
<http://www.lulu.com/shop/arne-molander/the-horizons-of-christopher-columbus-using-the-heavens-to-map-america/paperback/product-20354649.html>/."/
(Reviewer: Chip Reynolds)
/"Monaco Autrefois"/(Reviewer: Bert Johnson)
"/The Vesconte Maggiolo World Map of 1504 in Fano, Italy/
<http://www.academia.edu/5173029/The_Vesconte_Maggiolo_World_Map_of_1504_in_Fano_Italy>/"/
(Reviewer: Dick Pflederer)
"/Mapping India/ <http://www.niyogibooksindia.com/showcase/212/>"
(Reviewer: Stephen R. Fox)
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*SHORTER ITEMS*
1. President's Spring 2014 Letter, by J.C. McElveen
2. Washington Map Society Meetings, April -- September 2014
3. Exhibitions and Meetings
4. Letters to the Editor
5. Map Site Seeing
6. Ristow Prize Competition 2014
7. 35th Anniversary of the Washington Map Society -- The Beginning -- A
Look Back, by Bill Stanley
8. A Trip to the Portolan Atlases in the Morgan Collection, NYC, by
Leigh Lockwood
9. Seoul and Maps - 2014 IMCoS Symposium, by Sanghoon JANG
10. California as an Island collection now at Stanford, by Julie
Sweetkind-Springer
11. Spotlight on the WMS Membership -- Albert H. Small
12. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas Sander
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*AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS *
JUSTIN T. DELLINGER is the winner of the 2013 DR. WALTER RISTOW PRIZE
FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY. After completing
his Master of Arts degree in 2010 at the University of Texas at
Arlington, Justin began studying for his Ph.D. with a research focus on
colonial Louisiana.
PETER DICKSON is the author of several books, including "The Magellan
Myth: Reflections on Columbus, Vespucci and the Waldseemueller Map of
1507" (Second Edition 2009) which includes a chapter offering the first
in-depth review of previous scholarship concerning the Lenox globe/. ///
STEPHEN R. FOX is a retired US Foreign Service Officer who served in New
Delhi from 1993-95.
JOHN W. HESSLER is Cartographic Reference Specialist, Geography and Map
Division Library of Congress and Curator, Jay I. Kislak Collection for
the History of the Early Americas. Among his many writings are "The
Naming of America -- Martin Waldseemüller 1507 World Map and the
'Cosmographiae Introductio'", and, with Chet Van Duzer, "Seeing the
World Anew -- The Radical Vision of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 & 1516
World Maps."
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SANGHOON JANG is Curator, National Museum of Korea, and a Member of the
IMCoS 2014 Organizing Committee.//
BERT JOHNSON, a frequent contributor to "The Portolan" and past
president of the WMS, studies maps of the Mediterranean.
JOEL KOVARSKY is proprietor of The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books.
LEIGH LOCKWOOD is Webmaster of the WMS, and a frequent contributor to
"The Portolan."
PETER H. MEURER has headed several research projects at the Universities
of Cologne, Duisburg and Trier as well as in cooperation with private
collectors. He is the author of more than 150 publications on pre-1700
history of cartography mainly in Germany and the Low Countries.
STEFAAN MISSINNE, PhD, is a Belgian resident in Austria. He is the
author of "A Newly Discovered Early Sixteenth-Century Globe Engraved on
an Ostrich Egg: The Earliest Surviving Globe Showing the New World"
which appeared in "The Portolan", Issue 87 (Fall 2013) and drew
worldwide media and scholarly interest.His research into the actual
engraver of the globe continues.
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RICHARD PFLEDERER is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of "The
Portolan" and is a frequent contributor to the journal. He is the
author of several reference books on the subject of Portolan charts, the
latest "Finding Their Way at Sea: the Story of Portolan Charts, the
Cartographers who Drew Them and the Mariners who Sailed by Them."
WILLIAM T. (CHIP) REYNOLDS is Director, New Netherland Museum, and
Captain, Replica Ship Half Moon. His article 'September 11, 2001 Aboard
the Half Moon [in New York Harbor]' appeared in "The Portolan's" issue
52 (Winter 2001-2002, and his review of "Testarossa" appeared in Issue
73 (Winter 2008).
THOMAS SANDER is editor of "The Portolan".
WILLIAM A. STANLEY is Retired Chief Historian, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Owner of Cartographic Associates,
antique map and print dealer. A WMS Charter member, he led the 25^th
Anniversary organizing committee.//
JULIE SWEETKIND-SPRINGER is the Assistant Director of Geospatial,
Cartographic and Scientific Data and the Head of the Branner Earth
Sciences Library and Map Collections at Stanford University. She has
published numerous articles on map librarianship and on the long term
preservation of geospatial information.
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information
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