Original symposium
This online presentation is based on a program, which was organized for a symposium. Funding for translation of the text into Chinese was made possible with the support of the Instituto Cultural de Macau. The Library of Congress Hispanic Division funded the Portuguese translation. Cirlene Paixão, Vitae Foundation intern in the Hispanic Division, Library of Congress, assisted with the Portuguese translation.

Program coordination
Dr. Iêda Siqueira Wiarda, (Luso-Brazilian Specialist, Library of Congress),
Dr. Lucy M. Cohen, (Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America)

Consultation
Dr. Stella Lee Shuk Yee, (Division of Studies, Research and Publications, Instituto Cultural de Macau).
Dr. Teresa Sena, (Division of Studies, Research and Publications, Instituto Cultural de Macau).

Interpretive text authorship
Dr. Ronald E. Grim (Specialist in Cartographic History, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress)

Chinese translation
Yuan Yuan Zeng

Portuguese translation
Maria Fonseca Turner

Online release
Funding for scanning of these maps was made possible with the support of the Instituto Cultural de Macau. This online project could not take place without the valuable assistance of many individuals, including:

Web release coordination
Colleen R. Cahill (Geography & Map Division Digital Conversion Coordinator, Library of Congress)

Scanning, image processing, bibliographic record upgrade
Gene E. Roberts (National Digital Library Digital Conversion Coordinator, Library of Congress)
Colleen R. Cahill (Geography & Map Division Digital Conversion Coordinator, Library of Congress)

Dynamic display and search programming
David Woodward (Programmer/Analyst, Information Technology Systems, Library of Congress)

Graphic design, HTML coding and character conversion
Qun Lai (Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress)

Unicode implementation
Bohdan Kantor (Information Technology Services, Library of Congress)

Unicode training support
Tamara Swora-Gober (Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress)

Internationalization consultant
Asmus Freytag, (ASMUS, Inc)

Supplemental Chinese translation and character encoding testing
Qun Lai (Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress)
Tien Doan (Automation Liaison, Asian Division, Library Services, Library of Congress)
Min Zhang (Cataloger, Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress)
Shirley Liang (Automation Operations Coordinator, Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Library of Congress)

Information architecture guidance
Michelle Rago (Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress)

Administrative guidance
Martha Anderson (Digital Projects Manager, Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress)
Deborah Thomas (Digital Projects Coordinator, Public Service Collections, Library of Congress)
Vicki Fortuno (Web Operations Team leader, Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress)