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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><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>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 Fall 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",serif'> 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. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>"<i>THE PORTOLAN</i>": JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY<br>ISSUE 93 (Fall 2015)<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>Issue 93 (Fall 2015), consisting of<span style='color:red'> </span>80 pages, was published in late August 2015 and is in distribution to all paid subscribers and members in good standing of the Washington Map Society. Copies are available for purchase.<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>MERVE ARKAN describes Italian siege maps of Cyprus. RYAN MOORE explores US Army mapping during World War I. ALEX JOHNSON and BARRY RUDERMAN trace the history surrounding a unique Native American map now in the collections of the Library of Congress. LEAH THOMAS describes the relationship between literature and early cartography of the Americas</span><i>. </i><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> Several recent WMS events are summarized. Two books are reviewed. And there is more. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>"The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 94 is due for release in November 2015.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>CONTENTS OF ISSUE 93 – Fall 2015<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> <br><b>ARTICLES<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i>“</i><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Mapping Siege: The 1570-1 Conquest of Cyprus on Italian Siege Maps of Nicosia and </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'>Famagusta,” by Merve Arkan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>“Mapping Over There: The American Army and Mapping in World War I,” by Ryan Moore</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>“Comanche Cartography Rediscovered: The ‘Battle of Sierra Blanca’ Pictograph of 1787,” by Alex Johnson and Barry Ruderman <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>“Seeking the Northwest Passage: Rhetoric and Allegory in Henry Briggs’s ‘The North Part of America’”, by Leah Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>RECENT PUBLICATIONS</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><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",serif;color:#C00000'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>BOOK REVIEWS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.sylviaioannoufoundation.org/publications.html"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Cyprus at the Crossroads: Geographical Perceptions and</span></a></span></i><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.sylviaioannoufoundation.org/publications.html">Representations from the Fifteenth Century</a></span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> (Reviewer: Bert Johnson)</span><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/248723/the-evolution-of-washington-dc-by-james-m-goode-with-laura-w-bush-and-sandra-day-oconnor/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The Evolution of Washington, D.C. - Historical Selections from the Albert H. Small</span></a></span></i><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/248723/the-evolution-of-washington-dc-by-james-m-goode-with-laura-w-bush-and-sandra-day-oconnor/">Washingtoniana Collection at the George Washington University</a></i></span> (Reviewer: Dennis Gurtz)<b> <span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>SHORTER ITEMS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Acting President’s Fall 2015 Letter, by Ed Redmond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Washington Map Society Meetings: September - December 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Exhibitions and Meetings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Map Site Seeing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Ristow Prize Competition 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Letters to the Editor - Hessler/Pflederer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Essay to the Editor – Ostrich and Lenox Globes, with response – Dickson/Missinne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Antiquarian Map Acquisition and Sales: Panel Discussion, April 16, 2015, by Leigh Lockwood<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>WMS Annual Business Meeting, April 16, 2015, by Hal Meinheit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Univers",serif'>WMS 36th Annual Dinner, May 14, 2015, by J.C. McElveen </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Louise Baptiste, Bob Hansen, Bron Percival</span><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Univers",serif'>Cartographic Notes, by Thomas Sander</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>MERVE SENEM ARKAN</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is a PhD student in her final year in the History of Cartography Department of Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, where she works under the supervision of Dr. Zsolt Török. Her current research interest is in urban maps of Cyprus between sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>PETER DICKSON</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is the author of several books, including “The Magellan Myth: Reflections on Columbus, Vespucci and the Waldseemueller Map of 1507” (Second Edition 2009) which includes a chapter offering the first in-depth review of previous scholarship concerning the Lenox globe</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>DENNIS GURTZ</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>, a long time collector of maps and prints of Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia, is a past president of the Washington Map Society. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'>JOHN HESSLER</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'> is Curator, J.I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology of the Early Americas and Specialist in Modern Cartography and Geographic Information Sciences, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress Washington, DC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>ALEXANDER JOHNSON </span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>is the co-proprietor of Antiquariat Daša Pahor (</span><a href="http://www.pahor.de"><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.pahor.de</span></a><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>), a specialist dealer in antiquarian maps. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Exeter, England.</span><i> </i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=left style='text-align:left'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>BERT JOHNSON</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is a past president of WMS who writes often about the cartography of Greece and the Mediterranean.</span><i> <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>JOEL KOVARSKY</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>, 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.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>LEIGH LOCKWOOD</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is Webmaster of the WMS, and a frequent contributor to “The Portolan.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>J.C. McELVEEN </span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>is past president of the Washington Map Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>HAROLD MEINHEIT</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is a former American diplomat with wide experience in Asia. A regular contributor to “The Portolan”, he is also secretary of the Washington Map Society. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textkrper style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'>STEFAAN MISSINNE</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'>PhD, is the author of “A Newly Discovered Early Sixteenth-Century Globe Engraved on an Ostrich Egg: The Earliest Surviving Globe Showing the New World” which appeared in “The Portolan”, Issue 87 (Fall 2013). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>RYAN MOORE</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is a Cartographic Specialist at the Geography & Map Division of the Library of Congress. He has an interest in maps from World War I and maps of Korea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>RICHARD PFLEDERER</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>, a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of “The Portolan,” is a frequent contributor to the journal. He is the author of several reference books on the subject of Portolan charts, the latest “Finding Their Way at Sea: the Story of Portolan Charts, the Cartographers who Drew Them and the Mariners who Sailed by Them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>BARRY RUDERMAN</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is the owner of Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps -- RareMaps.com -- located in La Jolla, California. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>THOMAS SANDER</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is editor of “The Portolan”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>LEAH MICHELLE THOMAS</span></b><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>, former Senior Maps Cataloger and Cataloging Coordinator at The Library of Virginia, is Assistant Professor of English at Virginia State University in Petersburg. She earned her PhD in the interdisciplinary program Media, Art, & Text at Virginia Commonwealth University.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>Web Site for more information about the Washington Map Society: </span><a href="http://www.WashMapSociety.org"><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>http://www.WashMapSociety.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> <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",serif'>http://www.washmapsociety.org/Portolan-Indexes.htm</span></a><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> <br>Also at </span><a href="http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm">http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm</a> <span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> is information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>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",serif'>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",serif'>washmap@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><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",serif'> for details on ordering the current or past Portolans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif;color:red'>NOTICE</span><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>: <i><span style='color:red'>The Portolan</span></i><span style='color:red'> business office will be closed from September 26 – October 26, 2015.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",serif'>****************************************<br>Posted By:<br>Thomas F. 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