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THIS series of maps should prove of great service to teachers of regional geography, as they show political conditions, railways and configuration, climate, density of population, and economic conditions. The map showing communications illustrates admirably the influence of mountain ranges, passes, and river valleys on transport. It is generally complete, though for some reason the Algerian railways have been omitted. The Density of Population is a graphic map with sufficient detail for the comparison of regions with one another. Used with the other maps, it should help to indicate the dependence of population on manufacturing areas, railway lines, river valleys and lowlands, and the comparative isolation of mountain areas, tundra, and desert. Unfortunately, this comparison is not possible in Africa and Asia, as the map stops short at the boundaries of Europe.
Philips' Comparative Series of Wall Atlases.
Edited by J. F. Unstead E. G. R. Taylor. Europe. 8 maps. (Mounted complete as a wall atlas, on cloth, with roller.) Price 21s. Explanatory Handbook (to accompany the above). Pp. 16. Price 6d. net. (London: G. Philip and Son, Ltd.; Liverpool: Philip, Son, and Nephew, Ltd., 1912.)
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Philips' Comparative Series of Wall Atlases . Nature 89, 267 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089267b0
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