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Subject: In “The Portolan”, Issue 86: MapAnalyst &GIS
supporting cartographic research. Missionary Cartography in Mexico;
Roman cartographers in southern France; New WMS website, 25th ICHC in
Helsinki. And more.
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 20:35:48 -0400
From: Thomas Sander <[log in to unmask]>
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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 2013 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 86 (Spring 2013)
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Issue 86 (Spring 2013), consisting of 88 pages, was published in April
2013 and is in distribution to all paid subscribers and members in good
standing of the Washington Map Society. Copies are available for purchase.
THOMAS WEISSs award-winning article presents new technologies in
examining antique maps.MIRELA SLUKAN ALTIÃ describes early missionary
mapping in a part of Mexico. JOHN HESSLER takes readers through southern
France in search of signs of Roman cartographers. LEIGH LOCKWOOD
describes the many enhancements on the just-updated Washington Map
Society website <http://www.washmapsociety.org/>. BERT JOHNSON provides
final updates for the late June ICHC meeting in Helsinki. Eight books
are reviewed. And there is more.
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"The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 87 is due for
release in late August 2013.**
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*CONTENTS OF ISSUE 86 Spring 2013
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*ARTICLES*
MapAnalyst and Geographic Information Systems: Keys to Unlocking New
Paths of Research in the History of Cartography, by Thomas A. Weiss
Missionary Cartography of the Tarahumara (Mexico) With Special Regard
to the Map of Ivan Rattkay, by Mirela Slukan Altiã
In Nietzsche's Shadow: Searching for Roman Cartographers in Southern
France, by John Hessler
Why the new WMS website does not have to be like your dusty toolbox,
by Leigh Lockwood
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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/CD REVIEWS*
Mapping Virginia, from the Age of Exploration to the Civil War
<http://www.levenger.com/Seeing-the-World-Anew-The-Radical-Vision-of-Martin-12549.aspx>
(Reviewer: Henry Taliaferro)
Seeing the World Anew The Radical Vision of Martin Waldseemüllers
1507 & 1516 World Maps
<http://www.levenger.com/Seeing-the-World-Anew-The-Radical-Vision-of-Martin-12549.aspx>
(Reviewer: Peter Porrazzo)
The Art of the Map: An Illustrated History of Map Elements and
Embellishments
<http://www.sterlingpublishing.com/catalog?isbn=9781402765926>
(Reviewer: Bert Johnson)
London A History in Maps
<http://shop.bl.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/BritishLibrary/_ISBN_9780712358798/->
(Reviewer: Naomi Miller)
The Johann Ruysch and Martin Waldseemüller World Maps The Interplay
and Merging of Early Sixteenth Century New World Cartographies
<http://www.amazon.com/Johannes-Ruysch-Martin-Waldseem%C3%BCller-World/dp/0966746228>
(Reviewer: Peter Meurer)
Finding their Way at Sea. The story of the portolan charts, the
cartographers who drew them and the mariners who sailed by them
<http://www.hesdegraaf.com/product/finding-their-way-at-sea-the-story-of-the-portolan-charts-the-cartographers-who-drew-them-and-the-mariners-who-sailed-by-them/>
(Reviewer: Bob Karrow)
Japoni¿ insul¿. The mapping of Japan. A historical introduction and
cartobibliography of European Printed Maps of Japan before 1800
<http://www.hesdegraaf.com/product/japoniae-insulae-the-mapping-of-japan-a-historical-introduction-and-cartobibliography-of-european-printed-maps-of-japan-before-1800/>
(Reviewer: Dick Pflederer)
Jews in America From New Amsterdam to the Yiddish Stage
<http://www.gilesltd.com/books/catalogue/history-general-interest/jews-in-america/>
(Reviewer: Michael Hirsch)
*SHORTER ITEMS*
1. Washington Map Society Meetings, December 2012 April 2013
2. Presidents Spring 2013 Letter, by J.C. McElveen
3. Passing of Grace Burroughs
4. Exhibitions and Meetings
5. Map Site Seeing
6. Ristow Prize Competition 2013
7. ICHC 25 Helsinki Update, by Bert Johnson
8. Spotlight on the WMS Membership Peter Kroehler, Karl Offen, George
and Mary Ritzlin
9. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas Sander
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*AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS *
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PROF. MIRELA SLUKAN ALTIÃ is senior research fellow and head of the
Centre for Urban and Local History at the Institute of Social Sciences,
Zagreb, Croatia. She is specialized in history of cartography and
historical geography, with special regards to the history of discovery
and missionary cartography.
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 Waldseemüllers 1507 & 1516 World
Maps.
MICHAEL HIRSCH, past Treasurer of the Washington Map Society, caught the
map collecting bug in 1978. His collection is focused on North America
prior to 1776.
HUBERT O. (BERT) JOHNSON is a past president of WMS who has attended the
last seven ICHCs and looks forward to Helsinki. He is a frequent
contributor to The Portolan.
BOB KARROW retired in 2011 after 40 years on the staff of the Newberry
Library in Chicago, most of them as Curator of Maps. In retirement he
continues his interest in the history of cartography as an editor,
reviewer, and bibliographer.
JOEL KOVARSKY is proprietor of The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books.
LEIGH LOCKWOODs is webmaster of the Washington Map Society and a
frequent contributor to its journal.
J.C. McELVEEN IS 2012-2014 President of the Washington Map Society.
PETER H. MEURER, Dr. rer. nat., 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.
NAOMI MILLER is professor of art history at Boston University. Her
publications include Mapping the City: The Language and Culture of
Cartography in the Renaissance.
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.
PETER PORRAZZO is the Treasurer of the Washington Map Society. His
cartographic interests include mapping of the United States and two
earlier book reviews in The Portolan have addressed Waldsemüller.
THOMAS SANDER is editor of The Portolan.
HENRY TALIAFERRO has been associated with the Map Trade for the past
forty years. He is currently a partner in the New York firm of Cohen &
Taliaferro LLC. He is the author of Cartographic Sources, and (with
Margaret Beck Pritchard) Degrees of Latitude.
THOMAS A. WEISS, the winner of the 2012 DR. WALTER RISTOW PRIZE FOR
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY, is currently
studying the history of cartography as a Ph. D. student at The
University of Texas at Arlington.
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accessible at http://www.washmapsociety.org/Portolan-Indexes.htm
Also at http://www.washmapsociety.org/The-Portolan-Journal.htm is
information on how to order and locate issues of the journal, and
procedures for prospective authors.
Online links to several past articles are also at the Portolan web page.
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