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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Dear members of International Society for the History of the Map (ISHM) and readers of postings to the ListServ:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_Hlk499571860"><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-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 Spring 2018 issue recently published and mailed. See </span></a><a href="http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'>http://www.washmapsociety.org/TPJ2.htm</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'> </span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-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. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>"<i>THE PORTOLAN</i>": JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY<br>ISSUE 101 (SPRING 2018)<br></span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>Issue 101 (Spring 2018), consisting of 84 pages, was published in February 2018 and is in distribution to all paid subscribers and members in good standing of the Washington Map Society. Copies are available for purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>LAUREN KILLINGSWORTH</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> traces the spread of disease in Oxford; this article won the Washington Map Society’s 2017 Ristow Prize. <b>RYAN MOORE</b> examines the mapping of a German colony in China. <b>LORNA HAINESWORTH</b> explains the surveying done by Meriwether Lewis at Cumberland Gap. <b>ANDREI NACU</b> looks at early mapping of central Romania. <b>GEORGE LOBZHANIDZE</b> shows haw the capital of the country of Georgia was depicted on early maps. Six books are reviewed. And there is more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>"The Portolan" is published three times per year; issue 102 is due for release in middle August 2018.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>CONTENTS OF ISSUE 101 – Spring 2018<br></span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> <br><b>ARTICLES<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><a name="_Hlk496072477"><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>“Mapping Public Health In Nineteenth-Century Oxford” b</span></a></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>y Lauren Killingsworth -- RISTOW PRIZE WINNER 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>“Mapping German “Tsingtau”, by Ryan Moore <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>“Meriwether Lewis’s Survey at Cumberland Gap”, by Lorna Hainesworth <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>“The first cartographic representations of Transylvania (1325/1330)”, by Andrei Nacu<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>“Depiction of Tbilisi (Tiflis), Georgia, on 4th - 18th century European maps”, by Dr. George Lobzhanidze <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>RECENT PUBLICATIONS</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-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 Leah Thomas. </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=Textkrper style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>BOOK REVIEWS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><a name="_Hlk483236363"></a></span><a href="https://www.oakknoll.com/pages/books/129781/ashley-baynton-williams/cyprus-the-book-of-maps-volume-1-15th-16th-centuries"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk483236363'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Cyprus: The Book of Maps. Annotated Catalogue of the Printed Maps of Cyprus, Volume 1: 15th-16th Centuries</span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk483236363'></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk483236363'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> </span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>(Reviewer: Bert Johnson) <span style='color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>An Architect Paints<b> </b>(Reviewer: Leah Thomas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span><a href="http://www.metmuseum.ph/previousexhibitions.php"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Mapping the Philippine Seas</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> (Reviewer: Hal Meinheit) <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span><a href="http://syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/fall-2017/remapping-modern-germany.html"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Remapping Modern Germany after National Socialism, 1945-1961</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><i><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> </span></i></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>(Reviewer: Ryan Moore)<u><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span><a href="http://www.africamuseum.be/research/publications/rmca/search/pubdetail?pubid=1774"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Exploring Africa with Ancient Maps</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> (Reviewer: Jocelyn Coulon) <b><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atlas-of-the-world-9780190843625?lang=en&cc=us"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Oxford Atlas of the World, 24<sup>th</sup> Edition</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> </span></i></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>(Reviewer: John Rennie Short) <b><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>SHORTER ITEMS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>President’s Spring 2018 Letter<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Washington Map Society Meetings: March – May 2018 <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Exhibitions and Meetings<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Map Site Seeing <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Ristow Prize Competition 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography, Oct 19-21, 2017, by Katherine Perkins<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Remembering Barbara McCorkle, by Ed Dahl<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Letters to the Editor <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Cartographic Notes, by Thomas Sander<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-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;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Mason Goldman, Pierre Joppen, Jonathan Levin</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>Introducing Leah Thomas, Compiler, Recent Publications <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>JOCELYN COULON </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>is a journalist and researcher on peacekeeping and international affairs. He is a former senior policy advisor to the Canadian Minister of Foreign affairs. His collection of African maps spans from 1575 up to the beginning of the Twentieth Century.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>EDWARD H. DAHL</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> is formerly Early Cartography Specialist, National Archives of Canada (now Library and Archives Canada).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>LORNA HAINESWORTH </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>is an ambassador for the Surveyors Historical Society, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, the Maryland National Road Association, the Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc., the Department of the Geographer and other such organizations. She is an independent scholar studying American history predominantly during the period 1740-1850. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>BERT JOHNSON</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> is a past president of WMS. His interest in the maps of Greece and the Hellenic world dates back several decades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>LAUREN BOUCHARD KILLINGSWORTH, </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>the winner of the 2017 DR. WALTER RISTOW PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY, is currently a senior at Stanford University, where she studies History and Biology. She is interested in the role of medical cartography is shaping popular perceptions of disease and public health, and in the debate between contagionists and anti-contagionists (or “localists”) during the cholera outbreaks of the mid-nineteenth century.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>GEORGE LOBZHANIDZE</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><i><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>, </span></i></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>PhD, has worked in the field of the cartography of the country of Georgia for 15 years and has produced several articles and one monograph, which is the only work that completely covers Georgian cartography in 16th-8th centuries. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>HAROLD MEINHEIT </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>is a former American diplomat with wide experience in Asia. A regular contributor to <i>The Portolan</i>, his most recent article, “The Bishop’s Map: Vietnamese and Western Cartography Converge,” appeared in the Winter 2016 issue. He currently serves as Secretary of the Washington Map Society.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>RYAN MOORE </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>is a Cartographic Specialist, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington D.C. His earlier articles in this journal: “Mapping the Ruhr Uprising” (issue 90 – Fall 2014) and “Mapping Over There: The American Army and Mapping in World War I” (issue 93 (Fall 2015).</span></span><a style='mso-endnote-id:edn1' href="#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span class=MsoEndnoteReference><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><span class=MsoEndnoteReference><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>[i]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>ANDREI NACU </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>is a PhD student, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu and Research Assistant, Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, Romanian Academy, Sibiu.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>KATHERINE PARKER,</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> is a Research Officer at Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. and Administrative Editor, Hakluyt Society. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>ED REDMOND</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>, President of the Washington Map Society, is with the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>THOMAS SANDER </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>is Editor of “The Portolan”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>JOHN RENNIE SHORT</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'> is Professor in the School of Public Policy at University of Maryland Baltimore County. He is a widely published author and publishes in a wide range of academic journals. His article “The Modern National Atlas” appeared in this journal’s issue 97 (Winter 2016).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><b><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>LEAH M. THOMAS </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk499571860'><span style='font-family:"Univers",sans-serif'>is Assistant Professor of English at Virginia State University in Petersburg. 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