The Portolan

Issue #51 - Fall 2001

 ARTICLES

Group Portrait at Age 21: The Members of the WMS. by Bert Johnson

NIMA’s Role in the Dayton Peace Accords. By Representatives of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. A meeting summary by Steven J. Vogel.

The Hebrew Holy Land Map of Avraham bar Ya’acov, Amsterdam, 1695. by Harold Brodsky. 

The Map Auction Business Today: Cartography from the Fiat Lux Library. by Dale Sorenson and Eric W. Wolf

Afryqah (Africa): The E-Book and the History. by Pierre Sales

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

A regular feature in The Portolan, this is a bibliographic listing of articles and books appearing worldwide on antique maps and globes and the history of cartography. By Eric W. Wolf.

BOOK /CD-ROM REVIEWS

Maps of Africa to 1900. (Review by Richard L. Betz)

Maps of the California Trail. (Review by Charles A. Burroughs)

SHORTER ITEMS

1. Washington Map Society Meetings, September 2001 – January 2002.

2. Exhibitions and Meetings.

3. 2002 Ristow Prize Competition.

4. At the Edge of the World: Mapping Scotland Exhibition

5. WMS Annual Business Meeting – May 17, 2001. by Steven J. Vogel

6. Heading West: Mapping the Territory. WMS Field Trip to NY City. By John W. Docktor

7. 19th Int’l Conference on the History of Cartography - Madrid July 2001. By Bert Johnson and John W. Docktor.

8. Map Site Seeing: key World Wide Web map sites.