Dear subscribers to Lis-maps,

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 Winter 2016 issue recently published and mailed.   See http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.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. 

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"THE PORTOLAN": JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY
ISSUE 97  (Winter 2016)
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Issue 97 (Winter 2016), consisting of 84 pages, was published in November 2016  and is in distribution to all paid subscribers and members in good standing of the Washington Map Society.  Copies are available for purchase.

JOHN RENNIE SHORT explores the modern national atlas.  PETRA SVATEK discusses academic cartography at the University of Vienna from 1848-1900. HAROLD MEINHEIT explores an 1838 map of Vietnam by Bishop Jean-Louis Taberd being used in national disputes today over the Paracel Islands.  GUNNAR THOMPSON proposes new information about the North Atlantic, and especially Newfoundland.  JAMES GOODE concludes a four-part series highlighting treasures in the Albert H. Small Collection of Washingtoniana.  BERT JOHNSON provides an early look at the coming July 2017 International Conference on the History of Cartography.   And there is more.

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"The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 98 is due for release in late March 2017.

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CONTENTS OF ISSUE 97 – Winter 2016
 
ARTICLES

“The Modern National Atlas”   by John Rennie Short

“Medicine – Archaeology – Geography: Academic Cartography at the University of Vienna 1848-1900”   by Petra Svatek

“The Bishop’s Map - Vietnamese and Western Cartography Converge “   by Harold E. Meinheit

“Newfoundland’s “Circle Island Group:” Gateway to Legendary Fortunes in Early North Atlantic Commerce and the Northwest Passage”    by Gunnar Thompson

“The Albert H. Small Map Collection, Part 4”   by James M. Goode

“27th ICHC - Brazil – July 2017”    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 REVIEW                                                                                                                    Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 – Life, Works, Sources and Friends (Reviewer: Fredric Shauger)

SHORTER ITEMS

1.     President’s Winter 2016 Letter

2.     Winners Announced, Ristow Prize Competition 2016

3.     Washington Map Society Meetings:  December 2016 – March 2017   

4.     Exhibitions and Meetings

5.     Map Site Seeing

6.     Ristow Prize Competition 2017

7.     Cartographic Notes, by Thomas Sander

8.     Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Kevin Brown, Leah Thomas, Leslie Trager 

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AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

JAMES GOODE, the author of several books on the history of Washington, D.C., has been the curator of the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection since 1992.

BERT JOHNSON is a past president of WMS.  He has attended the last nine ICHC’s and looks forward to Belo Horizonte.

JOEL KOVARSKY, proprietor of The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books, is the author of the 2014 book “The True Geography of Our Country: Jefferson's Cartographic Vision.”

DR. PETRA SVATEK is a member of the Department of History, University of Vienna, Austria. 

HAROLD E. MEINHEIT is a former American diplomat who spent much of his career in Asia, including Vietnam.  He is currently secretary of the Washington Map Society.

THOMAS SANDER is editor of “The Portolan” and a Past President of the Washington Map Society and the Society for the History of Discoveries.

FREDRIC SHAUGER is President Emeritus of the New York Map Society. This is his fourth book review in “The Portolan”.

DR. JOHN RENNIE SHORT is Professor in the School of Public Policy at University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. He has published on a wide variety of subjects and is a frequent contributor to academic journals

DR. GUNNAR THOMPSON is Chief Archaeologist at the New World Discovery Institute in Seattle.

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Web Site for more information about the Washington Map Society:   http://www.WashMapSociety.org   
A listing and index of the contents of all issues of 'The Portolan' is accessible at http://www.washmapsociety.org/Portolan-Indexes.htm
Also at http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.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.
 
Membership/Subscription Cost: Subscription cost is the same as membership, and may be commenced at any time. To U.S. addresses, the cost is US $45.00 per year. To Canadian addresses the rate is US $50.00 per year.  For other foreign addressees, the annual cost is US$ 65.00. Multiple year memberships/ subscriptions are available; the annual cost is reduced if a multiple year membership is chosen – see web site.  All non-US address copies of the journal are sent airmail; the US Postal Service no longer offers a surface option.  Payment is accepted in US dollars only. Payment may be made via PayPal for membership/subscriptions and back issues.   Membership/ subscription/PayPal details form can be found at the Washington Map Society Web Site below. For further information, contact John Docktor at [log in to unmask] 

Current/Past Copies: Copies of 'The Portolan' beginning with issue 66 cost US$16.00 postpaid for US; $18 postpaid to Canada, and $23 to other foreign addresses.  Payment is accepted in US dollars only, and may be paid via check or PayPal.  Issues 65 and earlier are available at a lower cost. A discount is given for orders of multiple issues. See http://www.washmapsociety.org/Purchase-of-Back-Issues.htm for details on ordering the current or past Portolans.

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Thomas F. Sander
Editor, 'The Portolan'
Washington Map Society
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