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 2011 issue just
published, plus the Winter 2010 issue. See
http://www.portolan.washmap.org 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 80 (Spring 2011)
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Issue 80 (Spring 2011), consisting of 72 pages, was published in March
2011 and is now in distribution to all paid subscribers and members in
good standing of the Washington Map Society. Copies are available for
purchase.
MEGAN BARFORD explains how changing cartographic representations of the
South Pacific Ocean reflected changing ideas of space, 1760-1860; her
article won the Washington Map Society’s Ristow Prize for 2010. JOEL
KOVARSKY summarizes the major existing online catalogs for researchers,
librarians, archivists, collectors and dealers – an online copy of the
article is at
http://www.maphistory.info/SEARCHING%20FOR%20EARLY%20MAPS.pdf . DAN
BAILY and LINDSAY SCHROADER reveal the status of a computer project
developing a depiction of early Washington DC – see
http://visualizingdc.com .
MARK STEIN reveals fascinating history behind how a number of US states
got their very strange shapes. NANCY and MICHAEL MILLER report on a
visit to Princeton University’s recent map exhibit STRAIT THROUGH .
Three book reviews take the reader to special maps of Persia, manuscript
charts of the Dutch East Indies Company, and the Northern Pacific
Railroad Survey. There is an update on plans at the ICHC Meeting in
Moscow next July. And there is more.
"THE PORTOLAN": JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY
ISSUE 79 (Winter 2010)
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Issue 79 (Winter 2010), consisting of 64 pages, was published in
December 2010. Copies are available for purchase.
DAVID Y. ALLEN relates the life and work of early New York map maker
John H. Eddy. GARY NORTH tells the story of Marie Tharp and Bruce
Heezen’s revolutionary mapping of the ocean floor. BILL STANLEY delves
into the background and accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker, the first
African American man of science and his role in the survey of the
Federal City of Washington. LEIGH LOCKWOOD explains how to find
cartographic data you entered in your computer, but now can no longer
locate. Three book reviews take the reader to maps of California, the
US Great Lakes region, and the Basque country of Spain. A CD is
reviewed which provides an antique map catalogue for collectors.
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"The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 81 is due for
release in late August 2011.
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CONTENTS OF ISSUE 80 – SPRING 2011
ARTICLES
“From Terra Australis Incognita to Whales and Shipping Routes:
Cartographic Representations of the South Pacific, 1760–1860” by Megan
Barford
“Searching for Early Maps: Use of Online Library Catalogs” by Joel Kovarsky
“Visualizing Early Washington DC” by Dan Bailey and Lindsay Schroader
“How the States Got Their Shapes” by Mark Stein
“WMS/NYMS Field Trip to Map Exhibit in Princeton NJ” by Nancy Goddin
Miller and Michael Miller
“ICHC 24 – Moscow Update” by Bert Johnson
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
“Special Maps of Persia, 1477–1925” (Reviewer: Bert Johnson)
“Sailing for the East – History and catalogue of manuscript charts on
vellum of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) 1602–1799” (Reviewer:
Richard Pflederer)
“Eye of the Explorer – Views of the Northern Pacific Railroad Survey,
1853–54” (Reviewer: Alf Jordan)
SHORTER ITEMS
1. Washington Map Society Meetings, April – October 2011
2. Vice President’s Spring 2011 Letter, by J.C. McElveen
3. Exhibitions and Meetings
4. Map Site Seeing
5. Letters to the Editor
6. Ristow Prize Competition 2011
7. Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Judith Jones, Jim Rems, Myron West
8. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas F. Sander
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CONTENTS OF ISSUE 79 – WINTER 2010
ARTICLES
“New York City Map Maker John H. Eddy” by David Y. Allen
“Marie Tharp and Her Ocean Floor Maps” by Gary W. North
“Benjamin Banneker – An American Figure of Thought – Myths and Stories
of the First African American Man of Science” by William A. Stanley
“ICHC 2011 in Moscow” by Bert Johnson
“Datum Cognita, or Finding Cartographic Data with a Desktop Search
Engine” by Leigh Lockwood
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 in Michigan & The Great Lakes Region” (Reviewer: Rick LaPrairie)
“Historical Atlas of California” (Reviewer: Eugene Scheel)
“Euskal Herria Museoa / Kartografia Biduma – Collection Cartografica
/Collection Cartographique – The Map Collection” (Reviewer: Juan Ceva)
CD – “Map World’s Antique Map Catalogue for Collectors” (Reviewer: Leigh
Lockwood)
SHORTER ITEMS
1. Washington Map Society Meetings, December 2010 – May 2011
2. President’s Winter 2010 Letter, by Dennis Gurtz
3. Ristow Prize 2010 Winners Announced
4. Exhibitions and Meetings
5. Map Site Seeing
6. Letters to the Editor
7. Ristow Prize Competition 2011
8. Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Barry Haack, Patricia Marshall,
William (Chip) Reynolds
9. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas F. Sander
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AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS IN THE TWO ISSUES ABOVE
DAVID Y. ALLEN, Map Librarian (retired) at Stony Brook University (State
University of New York), is editor of “Coordinates: The Online Journal
of the Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association”
DAN BAILEY and LINDSAY SCHROADER. Dan is director of the Imaging
Research Center (IRC) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County;
Lindsay is a Geographic Information System (GIS) specialist in the IRC.
MEGAN BARFORD, the winner of the 2010 Dr. Walter W. Ristow Prize for
Academic Achievement in the History of Cartography, is a 2010 graduate
(Modern History) of the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
JUAN CEVA is Vice President for Southern California of the California
Map Society.
HUBERT O. (BERT) JOHNSON, a frequent contributor to “The Portolan,” has
attended the last six ICHCs and looks forward to Moscow.
ALF JORDAN has supported historical cartography as Secretary-treasurer
of the Associates of the Osher Map Library and as Secretary-treasurer of
the CartoPhilatelic Society.
JOEL KOVARSKY is proprietor of The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books.
RICK LaPRAIRIE, a geographer and past executive of the Upper Canada Map
Society, works as a land use planning policy analyst in Toronto.
LEIGH LOCKWOOD lived in Mexico for more than 30 years. His technical
experience began with a Radio Shack 100 in the early 1980’s in which
programs were loaded from a cassette tape. Innate curiosity, compulsion
to tinker, ongoing quest for efficiency, and maintenance of local and
remote networks in two languages provide the basis for current proficiency.
NANCY GODDIN MILLER and MICHAEL MILLER. Nancy is a charter member and
past president of the Washington Map Society. Mike is also a member of
the WMS.
GARY W. NORTH joined the U.S. Geological Survey in 1969; worked with the
EROS Program; was chief of the National Cartographic Information Center;
the Publications Division; and Assistant Chief of the National Mapping
Division where he was responsible for the collection and dissemination
of all USGS Earth Science information. As President of North Arrow,
Ltd. he has worked under contract to the Geography and Map Division of
the Library of Congress as curator of the Heezen-Tharp collection of
oceanographic mapping materials.
RICHARD PFLEDERER, a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of “The
Portolan,” is the author of several books on the subject of portolan charts.
THOMAS SANDER is editor of “The Portolan”.
EUGENE SCHEEL’s latest hand-drawn historical map is of Warren County,
Virginia; it is one of many this Virginia historian and map maker has
done. Currently writing an agricultural history of his home county of
Loudoun, he writes the “Piedmont Stories” column for “The Washington
Post” newspaper.
WILLIAM A. STANLEY, retired Chief Historian of the U. S. National
Oceanic & Atmospheric Adm. (NOAA), is the owner of Cartographic
Associates, an antique map and print company.
MARK STEIN, a playwright and screenwriter, is author of How the States
Got Their Shapes (2008) and the forthcoming How the States Got Their
Shapes Too: The People Behind the Borderlines (2011).
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