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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear members of International Society for the History of the Map (ISHM) and readers of postings to the ListServ of the ISHM:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>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 2015 issue recently published. See </span><a href="http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm">http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm</a> <span style='font-family:Univers'> for details on ordering the current or past issues of “<i>The Portolan”</i>. 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>"<i>THE PORTOLAN</i>": JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY<br>ISSUE 92 (Spring 2015)<br></span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>Issue 92 (Spring 2015), consisting of<span style='color:red'> </span>80 pages, was published in late March 2015. Copies are available for purchase.<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>DAVID FEDMAN examines immediate post-WWII mapping in Japan, which he terms Mapping Armageddon. JOEL KOVARSKY take a very close look at the well-known Lewis Evans Map of the Middle British Colonies. PATRICK O’NEILL reveals a little known battle after the British burned Washington in the War of 1812. JOHN HESSLER takes a provocative look at mapping of the brain. BERT JOHNSON provides an update on the coming ICHC 2015 in Antwerp. JOHN DOCKTOR reports on maps in Korea. Eight books are reviewed. And there is more</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>"The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 93 is due for release in August 2015.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>CONTENTS OF ISSUE 92 – SPRING 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>ARTICLES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“Mapping Armageddon: The Cartography of Ruin in Occupied Japan,” by David Fedman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“Lewis Evans' Map of the Middle British Colonies,” by Joel Kovarsky<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“The Battle of the White House after the Burning of Washington,” by Patrick L. O’Neill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“Cartography’s Final Frontier: Mapping the Topology of the Human Brain”, by John W. Hessler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>RECENT PUBLICATIONS</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'><br>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers;color:#C00000'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>BOOK REVIEWS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.collectingoldmaps.com/index.htm"><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Collecting Old Maps</span></i></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Bert Johnson)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo15607926.html"><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps</span></i></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Eliane Dotson)</span><span class=bindingandrelease><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/maps-their-untold-stories-9781408189672/"><i>Maps: Their Untold Stories</i></a><span class=bindingandrelease> </span><span style='font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Evelyn Edson) </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo18178708.html"><i>The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps</i></a> <span style='font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Richard Pflederer)</span><span class=bindingandrelease><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Landmarks-The-Cartographic-Journal-Counting/dp/1909662380"><i>Landmarks in Mapping: 50 Years of </i>The Cartographic Journa<i>l</i></a><i> </i> <span style='font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Bob Hansen)</span><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://store.doverpublications.com/0486779912.html"><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Manhattan in Maps, 1527-2014</span></i></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: David Y. Allen)</span><span class=bindingandrelease><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://historymapsetc.com/">The Life of Abraham Lincoln Map</a><span style='color:red'> </span><span style='font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Earl McElfresh)</span><span class=bindingandrelease><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo14717804.html"><i>Sea Monsters – A Voyage around the World’s Most Beguiling Map</i></a> <span style='font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Jeff Lee)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>SHORTER ITEMS</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>1. President’s Spring 2015 Letter, by Ted Callaway<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>2. Letter to the Editor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>3. Washington Map Society Meetings, April – September 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:Univers'>4. Map Site Seeing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:Univers'>5. Ristow Prize Competition 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>6. ICHC 26 – Antwerp Update, by Bert Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>7. WMS Members at the 2014 Seoul IMCoS Symposium, by John Docktor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>8. Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Sammy Berk, Jeffrey Katz, Glen McLaughlin <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>9. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas Sander<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>DAVID Y. ALLEN is Map Librarian (retired) at Stony Brook University (State University of New York). In 2014 a revised version of his online book, “The Mapping of New York State: A Study in the History of Cartography,” was published on the Stony Brook University website at </span><a href="http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/newyorkstatemaps/id/46"><span style='font-family:Univers;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/newyorkstatemaps/id/46</span></a><span style='font-family:Univers'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>TED CALLAWAY is 2014-2016 President of the Washington Map Society,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>JOHN DOCKTOR is past president of the Washington Map Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>ELIANE DOTSON is a co-owner of Old World Auctions, an auction house specializing in antique maps from the 16th-19th centuries. She has a special interest in maps showing the early age of exploration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>EVELYN EDSON is Professor Emerita of History at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville Virginia. She is the author of “Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their World” and “The World Map, 1300-1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>DAVID FEDMAN, winner of the 2014 DR. WALTER RISROW PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY, is now a Ph.D. Candidate in Japanese and Korean History at Stanford University, where he specializes in the environmental history and historical geography of Japanese imperialism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>BOB HANSEN is a charter member of the Washington Map Society. Starting out as a cartographer and later serving as a Technical Information Specialist as well as historian, he has been with the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the past 39 years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>JOHN W. HESSLER is Specialist in Modern Cartography and Geographic information Systems, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>BERT JOHNSON, a frequent contributor to “The Portolan” is past president of the WMS; he has attended the last eight ICHCs and looks forward to Antwerp.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>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.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>JEFF LEE Le is a relatively new map collector with an interest in early maps of the Mediterranean and maps containing ‘monsters’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>EARL McELFRESH is a Civil War map cartographer and co-owner of McElfresh Map Co. LLC and a Cattaraugus County (NY) legislator. He is the author of “Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War” (Abrams, 1999). He recently completed a four-year project creating the end paper maps for Library of America’s 4-volume set “The Civil War”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:Univers'>PATRICK L. O’NEILL has been a professional archaeologist and historian for 30 years, with projects in over 32 states. His detailed 13-year research interest in the War of 1812 in northern Virginia led to his most recent book, “To Annoy or Destroy the Enemy - the Battle of the White House after the Burning of Washington”, which took place on what is now Fort Belvoir and the Potomac River. The battle involved the attack on Washington, the longest battle of the war, and the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>RICHARD PFLEDERER is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of “The Portolan”. He is the author of “Finding their Way at Sea” and several reference books on the subject of portolan charts.<i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>THOMAS SANDER is editor of “The Portolan”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>Web Site for more information about the Washington Map Society: </span><a href="http://www.WashMapSociety.org"><span style='font-family:Univers'>http://www.WashMapSociety.org</span></a><span style='font-family:Univers'> <br>A <b>listing and index of the contents</b> of all issues of 'The Portolan' is accessible at </span><a href="http://www.washmapsociety.org/Portolan-Indexes.htm"><span style='font-family:Univers'>http://www.washmapsociety.org/Portolan-Indexes.htm</span></a><span style='font-family:Univers'> <br>Also at </span><a href="http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm">http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm</a> <span style='font-family:Univers'> is information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>on how to order and locate issues of the journal, and procedures for prospective authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>Online links to several past articles are also at the “Portolan” web page.<br> <br><b>Membership/Subscription Cost:</b> 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 </span><a href="mailto:washmap@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:Univers'>washmap@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-family:Univers'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><br><b>Current/Past Copies</b>: 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 </span><a href="http://www.washmapsociety.org/Purchase-of-Back-Issues.htm">http://www.washmapsociety.org/Purchase-of-Back-Issues.htm</a><span style='font-family:Univers'> for details on ordering the current or past Portolans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>****************************************<br>Posted By:<br>Thomas F. Sander<br>Editor, 'The Portolan'<br>Washington Map Society<br>9501 Burke Road, # 10793<br>Burke, VA 22009-8036 USA<br> <br>Phone: 703.426.2880 International: +1.703.426.2880 Fax: 703.426.2881 <br>E-mail: Sanderva@erols.com<br>Washington Map Society Web Site: </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:Univers'>www.WashMapSociety.org </span></span><u><span style='font-family:Univers;color:blue'><br></span></u><span style='font-family:Univers'>Portolan Web Site: </span><a href="http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm">http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm</a> <span style='font-family:Univers'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>**************************************************<br><br>excuse cross-posting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>