The Portolan

Issue #22 - Fall 1991

ARTICLES

Cartographic Interpretation of the Columbus Signature. By Arne B. Molander.

Cartographic Resources for the Study of North American Indians. A summary by Jeanne Young of the address to the Society by outgoing President James Flatness.

Something to Crow About: Map Collector Publications, Ltd. By Valerie Scott.

The 11th Annual IMCoS Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland. A report by Charles A. Burroughs.

Circa 1492, Art in the Age of Exploration. Comments by Pauk Peak on the Library of Congress exhibit.

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 REVIEWS

War Over Walloomscoick: Land Use and Settlement Pattern on the Bennington Battlefield - 1777. Compiled by Philip Lord, Jr. (Review by Paul Peak).

Mapping the French Empire in North America: An Interpretive Guide. By David Buisseret. (Review by Charles A. Burroughs).

SHORTER ITEMS

1. Washington Map Society Meetings, October - December 1991.

2. Exhibitions, Meeting and Events, October 1991 - January 1992.

3. IMCoS Project Announcement: The History of the Cartography of Eastern Mediterranean to Include Cyprus.