<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Univers;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoBodyText, li.MsoBodyText, div.MsoBodyText
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Body Text Char";
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoNoSpacing, li.MsoNoSpacing, div.MsoNoSpacing
{mso-style-priority:1;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:justify;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:10.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:10.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.PlainTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text";
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.BodyTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Body Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Body Text";
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.Textkrper, li.Textkrper, div.Textkrper
{mso-style-name:TextkÃ\0192¶rper;
mso-style-priority:99;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:4.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
text-autospace:none;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:553198971;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-680869776 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</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=MsoPlainText><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 Winter 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 94 (Winter 2015)<br></span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>Issue 94 (Winter 2015), consisting of<span style='color:red'> </span>88 pages, was published in November 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;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>HAL MEINHEIT describes Charles Le Gendre’s military, diplomatic and cartographic exploits in Formosa. ROB SHENK reveals GIS methods being developed to better understand the exploits of George Washington. MAX EDELSON and SHANE LIN introduce MapScholar, a powerful free online platform to visualize map history. BERT JOHNSON summarizes events at the JULY 2015 ICHC in Antwerp. Four scholars exchange opinions and research into the Ostrich Egg and Hunt-Lenox globes. JAMES GOODE begins a series highlighting treasures in the Albert H. Small Collection of Washingtonian. Five books are reviewed. And there is more. <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><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 95 is due for release in March 2016.<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 94 – Winter 2015<br></span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'> <br><b>ARTICLES<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“The Consul’s Maps - Diplomacy, Cartography and Japan’s 1874 Formosa Expedition”, by Harold E. Meinheit <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“Washington’s World”, by Rob Shenk <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“MapScholar: A New Digital Tool for Displaying Map Collections Online”, by Max Edelson with Shane Lin <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“ICHC 2015 in Antwerp – An After Action Report”, by Bert Johnson <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>The Ostrich Egg and the Hunt-Lenox Globes: Commentaries and Responses”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'> ‘Commentary of Dickson Commentary of Fall 2015’, by Gregory McIntosh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Univers'>‘Response to Missinne and McIntosh’, Peter W. Dickson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Univers'>‘Letter to the Editor’, by Kurt Guckelsberger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'> ‘Response to Guckelsberger’, by Stefaan Missinne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>“The Albert H. Small Map Collection, Part 1”, by James M. Goode<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;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></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=MsoNormal><a href="http://levenger.com/Mapping-the-West-with-Lewis-and-Clark-13445.aspx"><i>Mapping the West with Lewis & Clark</i></a> <span style='font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Joel Kovarsky)</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Der-Erdglobus-Johannes-Sch%C3%B6ner-1515/dp/3943407268"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Der Erdglobus des Johannes Schöner von 1515</span></i></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Suzanne Karr Schmidt)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://uncpress.unc.edu/browse/book_detail?title_id=3564"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Mapping the Cold War: Cartography and the Framing of America’s International Power </span></i></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Wes Reisser)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&isbn=9781409426356&lang=cy-GB"><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stitching the World: Embroidered Maps and Women’s Geographical Education</span></i></a><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Karen Trifonoff)</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.ctpub.com/art-quilt-maps/"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Art Quilt Maps</span></i></a><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'>(Reviewer: Bert Johnson)<o:p></o:p></span></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<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst 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'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>President’s Winter 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-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>Passing of John A. Wolter<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'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>Results of 2015 Ristow Prize Competition<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'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>Washington Map Society Meetings: December 2015 – May 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-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>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-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>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-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>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-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>Letter to the Editor – Dennis Reinhartz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'>Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Cassandra Farrell, Stephen Nagler, William A. Stanley</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'><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:Univers'><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'>Cartographic Notes (including P.J. Mode’s ‘Persuasive Cartography’), by Thomas Sander</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Univers'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Univers'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;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><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>PETER DICKSON</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'> 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><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>S. MAX EDELSON</span></b><i> </i><span style='font-family:Univers'>is Associate Professor of History, Director of Graduate Studies, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>JAMES GOODE</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>, the author of several books on the history of Washington, D.C., </span><span style='font-family:Univers'>has been the curator of the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection since 1992.</span><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>KURT GUCKELSBERGER </span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>is an associate member of the 'Common Sense Geography' group at Free University, Berlin, Friedrich Meinecke Institute, Historical Geography of the Ancient Mediterranean. The author of 62 scientific papers, mainly on quantum phenomena in condensed matter, his present research interest is cartography before ~1520 CE.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=left style='text-align:left'><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>BERT JOHNSON</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>,</span><span style='font-family:Univers'> a past president of WMS and frequent contributor to ‘The Portolan’, has compiled reports on the last ten ICHCs. </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'>JOEL KOVARSKY</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>, 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'>SHANE LIN </span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>is a Ph.D. candidate in American History at the University of Virginia.</span><i><br><br></i><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>HAROLD MEINHEIT</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'> 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'><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'>STEFAAN MISSINNE</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-family:Univers'>, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Univers'>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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>WESLEY REISSER, </span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>an adjunct professor of geography at The George Washington University, is a member of the State Department’s civil service and a National Councilor of the American Geographical Society. He is the author of ‘The Black Book: Woodrow Wilson’s Secret Plan for Peace” and the 2007 recipient of the WMS’s Ristow Prize.<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'>THOMAS SANDER</span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'> 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><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>SUZANNE KARR SCHMIDT </span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>is assistant curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. She works on functional prints from the 15th to the 18th centuries, including volvelles, flap prints, printed sundials and globe gores.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i> </i><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>ROB SHENK </span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>is Senior Vice President, Visitor Engagement, at George Washington’s Mount Vernon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Univers'>KAREN TRIFONOFF </span></b><span style='font-family:Univers'>is Professor Emerita of Geography at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania where she taught several cartography courses. Her current research interest is in maps made for children, as found in nineteenth century geography texts.</span><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></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=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>