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AT last a British firm has supplied the atlas for which colleges and universities have been asking for years. For anything between school work and a general reference atlas it used to be necessary to go to Germany. The firm of Bartholomew has now produced something far better than a German atlas, and at a price that would be low even in peace-time. Both in its plan and in its execution the atlas is excellent and is deserving of all praise as the best atlas of its kind that has been published. There are ninety-six plates of maps, each plate 13½ in. by 8¼ in., and a full index of names. Most plates contain plans and inset maps, and all are printed in colours. Every country is shown by an orographical map, which contains also political frontiers, railways, and a considerable number of names. A few countries have separate political maps in addition. All the orographical maps are layer—coloured in brown and green. There are, in addition, vegetation, rain-fall, temperature, and population maps for each continent. The fineness of the workmanship and the excellence of the colour-printing are noteworthy and maintain the high reputation of the Edinburgh Geographical Institute. The geological map of Europe and the orographical maps of Ireland and of France with Belgium are three specially fine examples of cartography. Among other features of this atlas it should be noted that the projections of all the chief maps are given, and that there are two plates illustrating projections. The countries of Europe are shown on scales varying from 1: 1,700,000 to 1: 5,000,000, except Russia, which is on a somewhat small scale. It is an atlasthat will do much to promote the very necessary extension of geographical teaching which must be the immediate concern of this country.
The Advanced Atlas of Physical and Political Geography.
A New Series of Maps Specially Designed for Schools, Colleges, and Private Students. By Dr. J. G. Bartholomew. Pp. 96 + 31. (London: Oxford University Press, 1917.) Price 8s. 6d. net.
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B., R. The Advanced Atlas of Physical and Political Geography . Nature 99, 323 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099323a0
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