The Portolan

Issue #123 - Fall 2025

ARTICLES

Mapping the Pacific Ocean: The 1543 Island Discoveries of the San Juan de Letrán    by Hanae & Scott Kramer

A Portolan Chart Attributed to Bartolomeu Velho and the Few Known Incidents of His Intriguing Life   by Anthony Mullan

The 1832 Atlas to Marshall’s Life of Washington    by Ronald Gibbs and Thomas Paper

Focus on Exploring New Cartographic Frontiers and Personal Insights   by Bill Barker

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

Borders and the Politics of Space in Late Medieval Italy: Milan, Venice & Their Territories (Reviewer: Victoria Morse)

The Maps of Middle-earth (Reviewers: Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull)

Fluid Geographies: Water, Science, and Settler Colonialism in New Mexico (Reviewer: Mike Pease)

The Tyranny of the Straight Line: Mapping Modern Paris (Reviewer: Kory Olson)

SHORTER ITEMS

1. WMS President’s Fall 2025 Letter, by Jeffrey Katz

2. Washington Map Society Meetings Program, Fall/Winter 2025-2026, by Ron Grim

3. Exhibitions and Meetings, by Tom Sander

4. Ristow Prize Competition 2026

5. Obituary: Jeanne Carter Young (1942–2025), by Ronald Grim

6. Obituary: Arthur Holzheimer (1932-2025), by Denis Reinhartz

7. Obituary: Myron West (1955-2025), by Tom Overton

8. WMS Annual Business Meeting, June 2025, by Hal Meinheit

9.Guidelines for Main Article Submissions to The Portolan

10. Cartographic Notes, by Tom Sander

11. Internet Map Sites (non-commercial)

12. Index to Advertisers