"THE PORTOLAN": JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY
ISSUE 48 (Fall 2000)
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Issue 48 (Fall 2000), consisting of 80 pages, including numerous
illustrated articles, was published in September 2000 and has been sent to
all subscribers and members in good standing of the Washington Map Society.
This issue contains the summary of a study of the Luso-Hispanic World in
Maps in the collections of the Library of Congress. Also, a detailed
article that reveals the relation of 16th century Virginian cartography to
the mapping of the Pacific - a comparison of four well-known maps. Also
extensive research on the Kanawha/New River on mid-eighteenth century maps.
And a convincing and well-documented argument that Columbus made a 1477
voyage to North America. There are reviews of books that were written in
Spanish, French and English. Rodney Shirley again shares with the
cartographic community his 'Ten Key Points for Map Collectors.' And there
is more. "The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 49 is
expected to be released in January 2001.
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CONTENTS OF ISSUE 48 - Fall 2000
ARTICLES
"The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps in the Collections of the Library of
Congress."
by John Hébert and Anthony Mullan.
"The Relation of 16th Century Virginian Cartography to the Mapping of the
Pacific." by Richard Casten
"The Kanawha/New River on Mid Eighteenth Century Maps." by Emerson Knapp
"The 1477 Columbus Voyage to North America." by Arne B. Molander
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
A regular feature in 'The Portolan,' this is a bibliographic listing of
articles and books appearing worldwide on antique maps and globes and the
history of cartography. By Eric W. Wolf.
BOOK REVIEWS
"Cristóbal Colón, Originario de Ibiza y Criptojudío" (Review by John Hébert)
"Early Mapping of Southeast Asia" (Review by Robert Highbarger)
"Tours et Contours de la Terre…." (Review by Eric W. Wolf)
SHORTER ITEMS
1. Washington Map Society Meetings, September 2000 - February 2001.
2. Exhibitions and Meetings.
3. 2001 Ristow Prize Competition.
4. Research at the Alexandria Archaeology Museum - November 2000 Field Trip
5. Annual Washington Map Society Dinner Meeting, May 2000 (Summaries of
talks by P.J. Mode, John Docktor, Michael S. Hirsch, and Edward Redmond)
6. Texas Map Society's Spring 2000 Meeting, by Bert Johnson
7. Joint Meeting of Phillips Society and California Map Society, by Bert
Johnson
8. 'Sheikh Sultan, Emir of Sharjah, on the Name of the Gulf," by Bert Johnson
9. IMCoS London Weekend, June 2-4, 2000, by John Docktor
10. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas F. Sander
11. Map Site Seeing, key World Wide Web map sites.
12. Rodney Shirley's 'Ten Key Points for Map Collectors'
AUTHORS OF ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
JOHN HÉBERT is Chief of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
ANTHONY MULLAN is in the Library's Humanities and Social Sciences Division.
They are both members of the Washington Map Society.
RICHARD CASTEN is by education a physicist and by profession both a
practicing nuclear physicist and the co-owner of one of the largest antique
map dealerships in the United States. He is a member of the Washington Map
Society.
EMERSON KNAPP (1928-2000), a resident of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, spent
much of his youth on the New River. Mr. Knapp's cartographic interests
included 18th Century North America, all Virginia, and 19th Century US
expansion.
ARNE B. MOLANDER has done extensive research about Columbus. He began
seriously researching in 1968 and published the first of many articles in
1981. His previous articles in 'The Portolan' are "The Mystery of the
Cantino Map" (Issue 15, May 1989), "Cartographic Interpretation of the
Columbus Signature" (Issue 22, Fall 1991) and "Juan de la Cosa's Mapping of
the Columbus Landfall" (Issue 42, Fall 1998). Mr. Molander is scheduled to
deliver a paper on the 1477 Columbus Voyage at the Annual Meeting of the
Society of the History of Discoveries in Washington, D.C. in October 2000.
He is a member of the Washington Map Society.
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