The Portolan

Issue #121 - Winter 2024

ARTICLES

Making the Absent Present: Medieval Cartographic Telesthesia    by Asa S. Mittman

Cartography Without Context: Some Illustrations in the Voynich Manuscript  by Benjamin B. Olshin

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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 Louis Miller.

BOOK REVIEWS

Drink Maps in Victorian Britain (Reviewer: David Beckingham)

The Globemakers – The Curious Story of an Ancient Chart (Reviewer: Laura Evans)

Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map in The World (Reviewer: Karen Rose Mathews)

Terrible Maps: Hilarious Maps for a Ridiculous World (Reviewer: Frank Jacobs)

SHORTER ITEMS

1. WMS President’s Winter 2024 Letter, by Jeffrey Katz

2. Washington Map Society Meetings Program, Winter-Spring 2025, by Ron Grim

3. Exhibitions and Meetings, by Tom Sander

4. Ristow Prize Competition 2025

5. Report on the 30th International Conference on the History of Cartography, Lyon 2024, Kris Butler

6.Ristow Prize Award for 2024

7. Alice Hudson (March 17, 1947- November 6, 2024), Steve Hanon

8. Guidelines for Main Article Submissions to The Portolan

9.Cartographic Notes, Tom Sander

10. Map Viewing Sites (non-commercial)

11. Index to Advertisers