Portraits: map_001

Juan Valdes, 57, who is The Geographer for National Geographic and Director of Editorial and Research for National Geographic Maps poses for a portrait at National Geographic on Monday July 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. Valdes and his family left Cuba in 1961. He was the project manager for National Geographic's new map of Cuba. (There is an accent over the e in Valdes.) (Photo by Matt McClain/For The Washington Post)

Juan Valdes, 57, who is The Geographer for National Geographic and Director of Editorial and Research for National Geographic Maps poses for a portrait at National Geographic on Monday July 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. Valdes and his family left Cuba in 1961. He was the project manager for National Geographic's new map of Cuba. (There is an accent over the e in Valdes.) (Photo by Matt McClain/For The Washington Post)