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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) -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 WEISS’s 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 87 is due for release in late August 2013. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONTENTS OF ISSUE 86 – Spring 2013 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 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 Waldseemüller’s 1507 <http://www.levenger.com/Seeing-the-World-Anew-The-Radical-Vision-of-Martin- 12549.aspx> & 1516 World Maps” (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/09 66746228> “ (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-h istorical-introduction-and-cartobibliography-of-european-printed-maps-of-jap an-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-am erica/> ” (Reviewer: Michael Hirsch) SHORTER ITEMS 1. Washington Map Society Meetings, December 2012 – April 2013 2. President’s 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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS 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 Waldseemüller’s 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 LOCKWOOD’s 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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/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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