The Portolan, issue 97, Winter 2016, published
This thrice-yearly journal with articles on maps, the history of cartography, and exploration is the only journal of its kind in the Americas.
John Rennie Short explores the modern national atlas. Petra Svatek discusses academic cartography at the University of Vienna from 1848-1900. Harold Meinheit explores an 1838 map of Vietnam by Bishop Jean-Louis Taberd being used in national disputes today over the Paracel Islands. Gunnar Thompson proposes new information about the North Atlantic, and especially Newfoundland. James Goode concludes a four-part series highlighting treasures in the Albert H. Small Collection of Washingtoniana. Bert Johnson provides an early look at the coming July 2017 International Conference on the History of Cartography.
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