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"THE PORTOLAN": JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY
ISSUE 62 (Spring 2005)
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Issue 62 (Spring 2005), consisting of 80 pages, was published in April 2005 and has been sent to all subscribers and members in good standing of the Washington Map Society. Copies are available for purchase.
 
VERONICA DELLA DORA’s article about Renaissance and Enlightenment visions of Mount Athos was the winning paper in the 2004 competition for the Walter W. Ristow Prize for Cartographic History and Map Librarianship.  XIAOCONG LI reports on his research into the rich holdings of Chinese maps at the Library of Congress.  WES BROWN examines the Colton map “Territories of New Mexico and Utah" and provides a table with guidance on how to identify each of its 12 states.  JOEL KOVARSKY refines the multitude of map collecting and reference sites on the Internet and provides a concise listing of the most important – there is a link to this article at the bottom of the WMS home page (see below).  GENE SCHEEL tells an intriguing story of one of the first detailed maps of Loudoun County Virginia.  RODNEY SHIRLEY’s helpful and necessary hints for all collectors are repeated from issue 48 of "The Portolan" and "The Map Collector." BERT JOHNSON gives a final alert for ICHC’s July 2005 meeting in Budapest.  HOWARD LANGE reports on his visit last year to the Rocky Mountain Map Fair.  WES BROWN reports on the coming September 2005 meeting of IMCoS in Denver.  TOM SANDER summarizes visits he made to see maps in Belgium.  JOHN FONDERSMITH appeals for input to a study he is conducting of maps found at monuments in Washington D.C.   Five books are reviewed.  And there is more. "The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 63 is due for release in late August 2005.
 
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CONTENTS OF ISSUE 62 – Spring 2005
 
ARTICLES
“Mapping Science and Myth on the Holy Mountain:  Renaissance and Enlightenment Visions of Mount Athos” by Veronica della Dora (This paper is the winner of the 2004 Ristow Prize for Cartographic History and Map Librarianship.)
“A Condensed Digital Travelers Guide: Web Resources for Map Collectors & Enthusiasts” by Joel Kovarsky
“Chinese Maps in the Library of Congress” by Xiaocong Li
Rodney Shirley’s “Ten Key Points for Map Collectors”
“Early Detailed Map of Loudoun County Virginia” by Eugene Scheel
“J. H. Colton’s Territories of New Mexico and Utah” by Wesley A. Brown
 
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/ MAP REVIEWS
“Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers – Vol IV Q-Z” (Reviewer: Eric Wolf)
“Washington Through Two Centuries:  History in Maps and Images” (Reviewer: Dennis Gurtz)
“Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond; 2000 Years of Exploring the East” (Reviewer: Howard Lange) 
“America Discovered - A Historical Atlas of North American Exploration” (Reviewer: Charles Burroughs)
“Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer” (Reviewer: Joel Kovarsky)
 
SHORTER ITEMS
1. Washington Map Society Meetings, April - September 2005
2. Exhibitions and Meetings
3. Letters to the Editor
4. 2005 Ristow Prize Competition
5. “Last Call for ICHC 2005 in Budapest” by Bert Johnson
6. “Impressions of the Rocky Mountain Map Fair” by Howard Lange
7. “IMCoS in Denver – September 2005” by Wes Brown
8. “Maps at Libraries in Brussels and Tervuren, Belgium” by Thomas F. Sander
9. “Looking for Maps on Stone in Washington" by John Fondersmith
10.  Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Golden, Hirsch, Poling
11.  Map Site Seeing: Key World Wide Web map sites
12.  Cartographic Notes by Thomas F. Sander
 
AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE
 
VERONICA DELLA DORA is a Ph.D. Candidate in Geography at the University of California at Los Angeles, working under the supervision of Prof. Denis Cosgrove. The winner of the 2004 Ristow Prize in the History of Cartography and Map Librarianship, she was recently awarded a prestigious Getty Post-Doctoral Fellowship for 2005-2006.
XIAOCONG LI is professor, Department of History, Peking University, Beijing, China.
JOEL KOVARSKY is owner and operator of “The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books.”
WESLEY BROWN is a founder and past president of the Rocky Mountain Map Society in Denver.
RODNEY SHIRLEY is a well-known authority on the history of cartography and author of several books on the subject.
EUGENE SCHEEL is a mapmaker, historian, and author of nine books on Virginia history.
ERIC W. WOLF, twice past President of the Washington Map Society, is an internationally recognized authority on the history of cartography. He is the immediate past president of the Society for the History of Discoveries.
DENNIS GURTZ is a financial planner and collector of maps of Maryland, Virginia and the Poles.
HOWARD LANGE’s career in the US State Department included twelve years in Asia; at retirement he was director of the China Desk at the Department.
CHARLES BURROUGHS retired as Captain (USC&GS/USESSA/NOAA) following his 27-year career with those organizations.  A past WMS President and Editor of “The Portolan,” he has a long-standing interest in 19th century mapping and charting activities of North America.
HUBERT O. (BERT) JOHNSON is a past President of the WMS. He attended the last three  ICHCs in Athens, Madrid and New England and looks forward to Budapest.
THOMAS F.SANDER is editor of “The Portolan.”
JOHN FONDERSMITH, an urban city planner with the Washington D.C. Office of Planning, has a long interest in Washington maps and images.
 
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