MAP INTELLIGENCE REVIEW

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. Medical Maps and Map Collections 1
II. Recent Maps of the Netherlands 7
III. Brief Notices 17
A. Baedeker Guides 17
B. Gyldendals Verdenatlas 18
C. Distribution of Population and of Rural
Properties in Portugal 19
D. New Small-Scale Map of the Near East 21
E. Agricultural Atlas of China 22
IV. General Maps for Plotting Purposes
(Supplementary List) 25
MAP
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The Near East (CIA 1065)1-) 22
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ORMATION
I. MEDICAL MAPS AND MAP COLLECTIONS
The medical map is not receiving the interest and attention
properly due an Important sector of the intelligence program. Al-
though the distribution of diseases in relation to time and space has
been recognized for many years, as illustrated by August Hirsch's
work of a century ago, maps on such subjects did not begin to play an
important role in medical geography until shortly before World War II.
During World War II the Medical Corps of the German Army, in antici-
pation of operations in unfamiliar areas, assumed an active role in
expressing medical relationships in map form. At about the same
time, American physicians began to express concern about medical
mapping, but tangible results have been slow in appearing. Current-
ly, interest in reliable medical maps is evident in many places, but
only two major medical mapping projects are in progress -- the German
publication, with the support of the US Navy, of a second edition of
a German atlas produced during the war and the compilation of a dis-
ease atlas under the sponsorship of the American Geographical Society.
No government agency has undertaken a sustained program in this field,
but a number of isolated maps have been prepared by various agencies.
The use of the medical map as an analytical tool is severely
handicapped by the inadequate number and the small scale of maps
available. The relative neglect of maps of disease distribution,
medical facilities, and related subjects may be attributed in part to
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the lack of precise, up-to-date medical data for large areas of the
world. Furthermore, some aspects of medical information do not lend
themselves to map presentation.
Little effort has been expended in Washington toward assembling
a comprehensive collection of existing medical maps, and there is no
central clearinghouse for medical maps made in this country. Al-
though a number of such maps produced by agencies of the US Govern-
ment and of foreign governments are available in Washington, it is
difficult to obtain copies of maps published by individuals and pri-
vate concerns. The majority of the privately prepared maps are in
manuscript form and are in the hands of individual research workers.
Informal discussions have taken place among American medical men
regarding the establishment of a mapping pool. At one time a mo-
tion was considered to request a government agency to undertake this
function for domestically produced medical maps, but no action has
been taken as yet.
The CIA Map Library has the largest collection of medical maps
in Washington, but relatively few of them are domestically produced.
Although the collection contains an estimated 250 maps dealing with
some aspect of medical information, no attempt has been made to make
an exact count or to evaluate the maps in terms of adequacy of base
material or subject matter.
The Army Medical Library does not maintain a map collection and
makes no attempt to note maps in its card catalogue. Maps that
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appear in individual medical journals and texts can be uncovered only
by a thorough investigation of publications on specific diseases or
areas. The Documents Division, although without facilities for
handling maps, is able to indicate which publications are likely to
contain maps and to suggest individuals and agencies that have ex-
pressed interest in maps and mapping. The Reference Division of the
Library, although not oriented to the needs of the map user, can
supply information on possible sources of maps.
Although individuals within the Office of the Surgeon General of
the Army, the National Institute of Health, and the Navy's Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery prepare and use maps in their research activities,
none of these organizations maintains a map collection. In some
cases, retention copies of maps prepared in these organizations may
be obtained, but most of the large-scale maps are in manuscript
form.
In 1943 the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army prepared
a series of small-scale world maps showing the distribution of trop-
ical diseases. These maps have appeared in several publications and
enlarged copies are available on loan from the CIA Map Library. The
Office of the Surgeon General has also compiled, for many countries
of the world, medical summaries, several of which contain maps. These
publications are titled Medical and Sanitary Data on 3ame of Country]
and were published by the War Department as Technical Bulletins,
Medical (TB Meds). Eighty such studies were produced between 1944
and 1947.
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The American Geographical Society of New York is publishing an
Atlas of Diseases. Five plates have been produced to date, and the
Society plans to publish additional maps of major diseases of the
world. Maps now available show world distribution of poliomyelitis,
cholera, malaria vectors, helminthiases, and yellow fever and dengue.
All are at 1:50,000,000, with larger-scale insets of critical areas.
With the exception of the cholera map, bibliographies are included
on each map. The aim of the atlas is to provide a tool of scientif-
ic research, not an all-inclusive study of world disease.
The Society maintains a card catalogue of books, periodical
articles, and maps on medical geography. Financial aid has been re-
ceived for research on the subject, and the program is being carried
forward by the Society's Department of Medical Geography. Fuller
statements of the Society's program are found in the Geographical
Review, Vol. 34, 1944, pp. 636-652, and Vol. 40, 1950, pp. 9-40.
The German Army Sanitary Corps produced an unusual medical
atlas, the Seuchen-Atlas, or Atlas of Epidemic Diseases, which was
published by Justus Perthes during the period from 1942 to 1945,
under the scientific editorship of Dr. H. Zeiss. This atlas was
prepared for the use of the German Army, and no general distribution
was made. Copies are available at the Army Medical Library, the
Library of Congress, and the CIA Map Library.
The Seuchen-Atlas was produced in nine parts and provides in-
formation concerning a number of infectious diseases occurring in
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the Mediterranean area, North and West Africa, Eastern and Central
Europe, the Baltic area, the Transcaspian area, and the Near East.
The atlas is concerned primarily with the relation of epidemic dis-
eases to rainfall, temperature, and population density. The map
scales vary considerably. The plates on Turkey, Spain and Portugal,
Caucasia, and Italy are at 1:3,000,000; the Transcaspian area is at
1:5,000,000; the Mediterranean is at 1:10,000,000; and the Near East
is at 1:12,000,000.
Various authorities have supplied textual material and, in some
cases, additional small-scale maps to accompany the plates. No in-
dication of the source material is given for either naps or texts.
The numbering of plates indicates that some of the maps intended for
inclusion were never published. A full review of the atlas appears
in the Geographical Review, Vol. 37, 1947, pp. 307-311.
At the present time a new edition of the Seuchen-Atlas is being
prepared under the direction of Dr. Ernst Rodenwaldt, Professor of
Hygiene, University of Heidelberg, who took an active part in the
preparation of the original atlas. The US Navy is supporting the
project through the Technical Section (Medical) of the US Naval
Forces in Germany, with editorial offices in Heidelberg. The US Army
has also contributed to the support of this undertaking.
The new edition, like the original, deals with infectious dis-
eases of epidemic significance. The scales and style of map will be
similar to those in the original atlas. The first vOlume to be
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published will cover Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.
The manuscript was scheduled to go to the printer in June 1952.
Additional medical maps appear in reports prepared by various
official and semi-official organizations. World Health Organization
reports, particularly those with a regional approach, contain maps.
The Pan-American Sanitary Bureau, an affiliate of the World Health
Organization, maintains a Cartographic Drafting Section that is ac-
tively producing medical maps. The Communicable Disease Center of
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the US Public Health Service publishes studies that include maps for
selected areas throughout the world. Medical maps are also found in
reports of colonial administrations and of ministries and departments
of various foreign governments that are concerned with public health
and in publications of the Pasteur Institute.
Several texts on tropical diseases and diseases of the world
that have been published in the past few years include maps, gener-
ally page-size maps of the world. Although these works contribute
significantly to the knowledge of the distribution of diseases,
more cartographic detail would be desirable.
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II. RECENT MAPS OF THE NETHERLANDS
After a lapse of 4 years, a large number of recent general and
special naps of the Netherlands are now being added to US Government
map collections. Although many are undated, most of these maps have
been published since 1948. Because of the significance of the new
acquisitions, some of the major items are discussed by type of map
in the following paragraphs.
Medium-Scale General Maps
Map of the Netherlands, 1:500,000 (Call No. 73895),* is an ex-
cellent map published by the Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging voor
Vreemdelingenverkeer (ANVV -- Netherlands National Tourist Office)
and printed by the Topografische Dienst (Topographic Service), the
major official mapping agency in the Netherlands. Railroads, various
categories of roads, physical features, and miscellaneous information
such as golf courses, custom houses, youth hostels, and Sallied war
cemeteries are shown. On the back of the map are 19 city plans and
a table of distances. The international boundary with Germany, as
given, incorporates the provisional rectifications made in 1949; in-
ternal boundaries are not shown. The legend is in English, Dutch,
and French.
A large number of maps of the Netherlands at 1:400,000 have been
issued by commercial firms, since that scale is the largest at which
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the entire country can be shown conveniently on a single sheet. Al-
though the commercial maps are characteristically undated and gen-
erally less reliable than the official 1:500,000 map, they include
a wealth of place names keyed to gazetteers. Most of the maps show
by colors the 11 provinces of the Netherlands, with the North-East
Polder indicated as a distinct political unit since it will be a
part of a new province of Zuiderzeeland. This province will also
include the South-East and South-West Polders, which are still in
the planning stage. Although they were prepared for different pur-
poses and vary in type of information emphasized, the maps are gen-
erally similar, showing main and secondary roads, roads under con-
struction, railroads, tramways, ferry routes, canals, and internal
political divisions. On the basis of clarity and accuracy, the maps
are recommended in the following order:
(1) Ten Brink's Kantoorkaart van Nederland (Call No. 76281).
(2) Uitvoerige Nieuwe Kaart van Nederland, N.V. de Erven (J.J.
Tij1), Zwolle (Call No. 76288).
(3) Nieuwe Kaart van Nederland, A.J. Wuestman, Harderwijk (Call
No. 77010).
(4) Kompas Nieuwste Toeristen en Kantoorkaart van Nederland
(Call No. 77011).
(5) Kompas' Wegenkaart van Nederland in 2 Bladen (Call No.
76279).
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(6) Wegenkaart van Nederland, Shell Nederland N.V. (Call No.
76896). Foldex type map in two sheets.
A pocket atlas that was probably issued in 1951, Ten Brink's.
Nieuwe Zakatlasje van Nederland (Call No. aF233 .B7), contains 10
general maps at the scale of 1:350,000, one for each of the estab-
lished provinces of the Netherlands. In general, this atlas has no
advantage to American map users over the single-sheet general maps
at 1:400,000 or 1:500,000, but for some purposes the format may be
more convenient.
In the same general scale range are the maps in the Bos-Niermeyer
Atlas der gehele Aarde, which was reviewed in Map Intelligence Review
No. 33. The principal value of the atlas lies in the diversity of
topics covered.
Large-Scale General Maps
A number of general maps at the scale of 1:250,000, usually in
two sheets, are included among the new maps. Ten Brink's Al-Verkeer-
Kaart in 2 Bladen (Call No. 76637) is typical and probably the best
in this group.
A very good three-sheet map, Autokaart van Nederland, at
1:200,000, was published in 1951 by Koninkliyke Nederlandsche
Toeristenbond A.N.W.B. (Royal Netherlands' Tourist Association) (Call
No. 76638). The same agency has also issued an excellent 11-sheet
Toeristenkaart series at 1:100,000 (Call No. 76277).
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Two groups of recently acquired maps cover separately each of
the 11 provinces of the Netherlands at scales ranging from 1:50,000
to 1:180,000. The sheets are cataloged individually under the names
of the provinces. Of the two groups, Ten Brink's Nieuwe Province
Kaarten is rated as slightly better than the Kompas Tberistenkaart
on the basis of clarity and accuracy.
Among the other general maps are Kaart van De Veluwe at
1:80,000, published by A.J. Wuestman, Harderwijk (Call No. 76640,
and Rijwielkaart Omgeving Zwolle at 1:100,000, published by N.V. de
Erven (J.J. Tij1), Zwolle (Call No. 76398).
Geomorphology and Soils-Maps
The Netherlands: 1:500,000 Provisional Geomorphological Map of
the Netherlands, published by the Institute of Geography of the
State University of Utrecht in 1951 (Call No. 76284), is an excellent
multicolored map of surface deposits. On the map, however, reclaimed
marine-clay deposits and marine deposits above sea level cannot be
differentiated, even though the distinction is made in the legend.
The legend is given in English, French, and Dutch.
Provisional Soil Map of the Netherlands, 1:600,000, published
by the Soil Survey Institate, Wegeningen, in 1950 (Call No. 76291),
is an excellent, detailed multicolored map with English and Dutch
legends. It accompanies a book entitled Soils of the Netherlands by
C.H. Edelman (CIA Library Call No. 33 m/6 621.34 .E2).
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Railroad and Road Maps
The most recent railroad map, Spoorwegkaart van Nederland, at
1:400,000, was published in December 1950 (Call No. 76685). Although
it is official and is thoroughly reliable as of the date of issue,
the map is out-of-date with respect to electrification, since Nether-
lands Railways are currently engaged in an electrification program.
The Apeldoorn-Hengelo-Oldenzaal-Enschede line, for example, was
electrified during 1951.
The Bureau voor de Wegen- en Verkeersstatistiek (Bureau of Road
and Transportation Statistics) in the Department van Verkeer en Wa-
terstaat (Department of Commerce and Waterways) has published two
maps for use in road planning. Wegenplannen van Nederland, 1:400,000,
January 1950 (Call No. 76285), shows national, provincial, and ter-
tiary roads existing, under construction, and projected; and
Hoofdverhardingen, approximately 1:1,000,000, 1949 (Call No. 76280),
indicates surface materials used in the construction of the national
roads. The latter map is also included, along with nine other maps,
in Atlas van de Rijkswegen, 1949 (Call No. 6F233 .Ni- 19)-i.9). The
atlas is concerned primarily with the major road network, but maps
of bicycle paths and trails, built-up areas along the national roads,
national reservations, and traffic density are included.
Bus routes, truck routes, tramways, all-season ferries, summer
ferries, and railroad transshipment connecting stations are shown on
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an excellent 1949 map entitled Kaart van Tram- en Autodiensten in
Nederland (Call No. 76682).
Inland Waterways Maps
A number of recently acquired waterways maps were published by
the Department van Verkeer en Waterstaat. Two of these, Overzichts-
kaart der Nederlandsche Vaarwegen (Call No. 76289) and Scheepvaart-
wegen in Nederland, 1950 (Call No. 76287), are at the scale of
1:400,000. The first is an ozalid print useful primarily for ref-
erence purposes. The second shows waterways classified according
to maximum carrying capacity of the vessels using them. A series
of detailed sheets at the scale of 1:100,000, Overzichtskaart der
Binnenscheepvaartwegen, deals with the inland waterways of all but
west-central Netherlands. The five sheets covering the northeastern
portion of the country were published in 1939 (Call No. 76153) and
the four covering the southern part of the country in 1947 (Call No.
76154). Each group of sheets is accompanied by a detailed map sup-
plement. The same agency produces the Rivierkaart at the scale of
1:10,000. Eighteen sheets published between 1945 and 1951 are now
available (Call No. 76972).
The firm of H. Born, Assen, also publishes inland waterways
maps of the Netherlands. Nederland Met de Spoor-, Tram- en
Scheepvaartwegen (Call No. 77295), which covers the entire country,
emphasizes the inland waterways, but it includes railroads and tram
lines. Another Born map covers the Utrecht-Amsterdam-Haarlem-Leiden
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area at the scale of 1:100,000 (Call No. 76394). This map, however,
covers the same area and is less authoritative than Hollandsche en
Utrechtsche Plassen at 1:50,000 (Call No. 76388), published in 1948
by the Bureau voor Watertoerisme (Bureau of Water Transport).
There is, no duplication of coverage among the other maps re-
ceived from these two publishers. Born maps include Kaart van het
Ijsselmeer at 1:125,000 (Call No. 76293) and Kaart van Loosdrecht en
Omgeving (Call No. 76397). Bureau voor Watertoerisme maps include
Waterkaart van de Biebosch, 1:33,333, 1951 (Call No. 76763); Water-
kaart van Midden Friesland, 1:50,000, 1948 (Call No. 76761); Water-
kaart van N.W. Overijssel, 1:50,000, 1949 (Call No. 76765); and
Kaart van Loosdrechtsche.Plassen, 1:10,000, 1946 (Call No. 76)1.17).
Two waterway maps are available in English. New Waterway from
Sea to Rotterdam at 1:25,000 is a photostat copy of a map published
in 1950 by Dirkzwager's Shipping Agency, Ltd. (Call No. 73006).
North Sea Canal from Amsterdam to Sea, at approximately 1:22,000, is
included in Halverhout's Guide 1951 to the North Sea Canal, Amster-
dam, Zaandam Ijmuiden (CIA Library Call No. 33M/6 756 .H1 1951).
Aeronautical Chart
Luchtvaartkaart van Nederland--Carte Agronautique des Pays Bas,
1:250,000 (Call No. 76479), a two-sheet map published by Koninklijke
Nederlandsche Tberistenbond ANWB, is primarily an aeronautical chart,
but it also shows major roads, railroads, forested areas, 11 coal
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mines, and relief. The air navigational information presented in-
cludes airports, wireless stations, military landing grounds, air-
ways beacons, lighthouses, lightships, and obstacles (lighted and
unlighted). Although obviously a postwar map, it is not dated, and
the air information is consequently of questionable reliability.
The legend is in Dutch, French, English, and German.
Coal, Oil, and Gas Map!
The Netherlands, 1:500,000: Location of Exploration Wells,
1951 (Call No. 76151), shows (1) the Schoonebeek oil field, (2) oil
and gas fields in nearby Germany, (3) the limits of the Schoonebeek
Concession, (4) exploration wells drilled by N.V. Nederlandse
Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM --Netherlands Petroleum Company), with
the final depth given in meters, and (5) exploration wells drilled
by the government geological survey or oil companies. Eleven coal
mines of Limburg are also located and named, whereas 12 are shown
on older maps such as Sheet 3 of Overzichtskaart der Binnenscheep-
vaartwegen, 1:100,000, 1947 (Call No. 76154).
Gasvoorziening van Nederland, 1:400,000, January 1951 (Call No.
76286), gives the size and location of gas works, coke oven plants,
distribution plants, municipalities with gas supply but without gas
works, main pipelines, areas of industrial consumption supplied by
the coal mines, and propane distribution plants.
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Agricultural Maps
A booklet entitled Dutch Agricultural Facts, with text and maps
in English, was printed in 1948 for the Netherlands' Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The large number of maps included
cover a wide range of agricultural and related subjects, including
climate, soils, forests, horticulture, land use, reclaimed regions,
areas inundated in 1944-45, and agricultural institutes. Several
groups of maps deal with the distribution of crops (principal cere-
als, flax, and roots), animals (dairy cattle, sheep, and chickens),
and the agricultural economy of the country by regions. All of the
maps are available in photostat form in the CIA Map Library under
the general classification of Netherlands-Agriculture.
Maps of Newly Reclaimed Land
Map of the Netherlands with the Four Zuider Zee Polders and
Environs (Call No. 7565)-i-) is a photostat of a map in From Fisher-
man's Paradise to Farmer's Pride, a 1950 English-language publica-
tion of the Netherlands government. Two additional maps -- Plan for
the North-East Polder in the Former Zuiderzee at 1:100,000 (Call No.
73083) and Walcheren Reconstruction Plan at 1:50,000 (Call No.
70409) -- are published by the State Forest Service.
Population and Religion Maps
Bevolkingsdichtheid per km2 land (Call No. 76278) shows effec-
tively for each parish the density of population per square kilo-
meter according to the Census of 31 May 1947. Six population
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categories are used -- under 50, 50-100, 100-200, 200-500, 500-1,000,
and over 1,000. Although the scale is not given, it is approximate-
ly 1:600,000.
A set of four excellent maps at about the same scale shows reli-
gious affiliations in the Netherlands (Call No. 76276), giving the
percentage (0, 0-10, 10-20, 20-50, 50-80, and over 80) of Roman
Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Reformed, and other sects in each of the
parishes according to the 1947 census.
City Plans
Among the newly acquired maps are a large number of city plans,
the majority of which are Cito-plans (published by H. Van Diehlen,
The Hague), Falk-plans (N.V. Cartografisch Instituut Bootsma, The
Hague), or Kompas maps (Uitgave Kompas, The Hague). Scales range
from 1:7,500 to 1:20,000. Although recent, few are dated. Among
the cities covered are Amsterdam (Call Nos. 76390, 76634, 76646,
76751), Arnhem (76762), Breda (76395), Dordrecht (76643), Enschede
(76382), Groningen (76379), Harderwijk (76396), Hilversum (76642),
Haarlem (76764), Leeuwarden (76383), Leiden (76290, 76766), Nijmegen
(76612, 76639), Rotterdam (76391, 76641, 76650, 76759), The Hague
(76378, 76399, 76635), and Utrecht (76644).
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III. BRIEF NOTICES
A. BAEDEKER GUIDES
The firm of Karl Baedeker, formerly of Leipzig, has resumed
publication of its world-famous tourist guides from its new head-
quarters in Hamburg, Germany. Of the 11 guides published since 1947,
7 are on cities and 3 are on regions of Germany; the other is on
London and its environs. Three of the volumes are issued in iden-
tical German and English editions and one in English only.
The new guides follow the prewar format very closely, giving
detailed coverage on transportation, accommodations, and other types
of tourist information. Large-scale city plans are included in the
city guides, whereas general maps are found in the regional studies.
The following list includes the postwar "Baedekers" published
or in preparation in 1951. Call numbers are given for the -volumes
available in the CIA Map Library, and those with English editions
are indicated by asterisks.
Leipzig und Umgebung, 1948.
Stuttgart und Umgebung, 1949 (Call No. F304.9 .S8B2 1949).
Schleswig-Holstein, 1949 (Call No. F304.12f .B4 1949).
(Munich and Its Environs, 1950 (Call No. F304.9 .M8B2 1950).
Manchen und Umgebung, 1950 (Call No. F30)-1-.9 M8B21 1950).
*Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1951.
Frankfurt am Main, 1951 (Call No. F304.9 .F7B2 1951).
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Hamburg und die Niederelbe, 1951 (Call No. F304.9-4 .H5B2 1951).
*London and Its Environs, 1951.
Nordbayern, 1951 (Call No. F304.5b .B2 1951).
*Northern Bavaria, 1951.
SUdbayern, in preparation.
Berlin (mit Potsdam), in preparation.
Bremen und Bremerhaven, in preparation.
B. GYLDENDALS VERDENATLAS
Gyldendals Verdenatlas is the Danish edition of a new Scandina-
vian world atlas that was published simultaneously in Sweden, Norway,
and Denmark. Only the Danish edition is available (Call No. aA000,
G.9, 1951). The three Scandinavian publishers -- Gyldendalske
Boghandle Nordisk Forlag A/S, KObenhavn; Albert Bonniers Feirlag AB,
Stockholm; and J.W. Coppelers, Oslo -- cooperated in the editing and
printing of the maps.
Actually, the atlas can hardly be called either new or Scandi-
navian. Of the 139 maps, 121 are Swedish printings of maps from the
Italian Atlante Interdazionale del Touring Club Italiano. Of the
remaining maps, two were produced in Denmark and the others in
Sweden. Only a few of these are new, the others having been recast
and revised from Nordisk Vgrldatlas, published by Bonniers in 1934.
The most significant feature of the atlas is the few new maps,
which include GrOnland, 1;10,000,000, and Faer0erne, 1:750,000,
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which were drawn at the Danish Geodetic Institute; and Danmark,
Sverige, Norge, Finland, og Balticum, 1:4,000,000, and Spitzbergen,
1:3,000,000, drawn in Sweden. The Italian maps, however, have been
revised to some extent. Changes made in place names are of two
types, those necessitated by political changes and those required
to adapt the maps for the use of Scandinavians. Other changes in-
clude shorelines, transportation, and boundaries. According to an
atlas note, the republics and autonomous territories within Yugosla-
via are not shown because it was impossible to obtain adequate
source material.
The maps in the three editions of the atlas are reported to be
identical except for the legends, which in each case are given in
the language of the publisher. The maps are offset-printed, gen-
erally in seven colors, and an attempt has been made to make all of
them conform in character with the Italian maps. Although the
Italian maps are of high quality, they were old enough to require
revision -- an indication that new plates have probably been pre-
pared for the forthcoming seventh edition of the Italian atlas.
C. DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION AND OF RURAL PROPERTIES IN PORTUGAL
A new representation of population distribution and the most
recent cartographic information on the size of rural properties are
provided by two recently published maps -- Distribuigo de Populaigo
de Portugal: 1940, 1:500,000 (Call No. 7849), and Divisgo da
Propriedade RU'stica: 1950 (Call No. 78126). Both maps were
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compiled and drafted at the Centro de Estudos Geograficos. The
former was prepared under the direction of Orlando Ribeiro and was
published in 1951 by the Instituto Geografico e Cadastral; the
latter, prepared under the direction of Aristides de Amorim Giro,
was published for the University of Coimbra by Coimbra Editors,
Limitada.
On the population map, dots representing 100 people each show
population distribution without relation to internal administrative
boundaries. The map therefore complements its companion map,
Densidade da Populaigo por Freguesias: 1940, which gives density
by parishes (freguesias), the smallest administrative divisions in
Portugal (for review, see Map Research Bulletin 1/ No. 16, 1950).
The use of dots on the new density map reveals the marked concen-
tration of farmers in villages, as well as the more general outlines
of population distribution. The dots are arranged in various geo-
metric patterns to show the sizes of the smaller communities. Urban
population concentrations of 950 or more inhabitants are indicated
by proportionate circles, with the total population of each given in
hundreds. The map also indicates the location of sandy beaches,
wooded areas, and areas above 700 meters in elevation by colors
that provide an effective contrast to the red dots.
1. Beginning with No. 32, the name of the Nap Research Bulletin
was changed to Map Intelligence Review.
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Divisno da Propriedade RUstica: 1950 indicates that rural
property distribution in Portugal closely reflects the pattern of
rural population distribution. From the map, it is evident that the
greatest concentrations in municipalities (concelhos -- ranking in
size between parishes and provinces) occur north of the Tagus River.
In this area the number of rural properties per square kilometer
ranges from 50 to over 500. South of the Tagus the number averages
less than 50. Two insets at approximately 1:2,500,000, showing
similar information for 1910 and 1870, indicate that the rural-
property pattern has changed little in the last 75 years but that
farm properties have become smaller and more numerous at a steady
but unspectacular rate. Two additional insets give the generalized
outlines of precipitation zones of Portugal and of the individual
regions producing millet, wheat, and rye. Accompanying the map is
a 26-page explanatory pamphlet.
D. NEW SMALL-SCALE MAP OF THE NEAR EAST
The accompanying map of the Near East at 1:5,000,000 gIA7
10654, was published in response to many requests for a single-sheet
general reference map of the entire area from Greece and Egypt
through Afghanistan and from Aden to the Caucasus. Sufficient cul-
tural and planimetric physical detail has been included to make the
map useful as a reference source, and the omission of hypsographic
tinting and unimportant detail makes it usable as a work sheet or
base map for plotting purposes.
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The map, which was compiled and drafted in CIA and printed by
the Army Map Service, is based on the best and most recent unclassi-
fied sources available as of February 1952. Distribution copies are
available from the CIA Map Library.
E. AGRICULTURAL ATLAS OF CHINA
A valuable addition to the meager supply of maps on Chinese
agricultural land use has been provided by the publication of the
Ecological Crop Geography Atlas, which consists of dot maps cover-
ing the production and acreage of 18 food and industrial crops in
23 provinces of China. The two-volume atlas, published by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Nationalist Government
in March 1948, is now available in the CIA Map Library (Call No.
aH421-1 .C5, 1948, Vols. 1 and 2).
Volume 1 contains 18 maps giving the crop area by mow (approx-
imately 1/6 acre) for 16 food crops and 2 industrial crops. Volume
2 covers the same crops, giving production by tan (about 13,333
pounds by Chinese Nationalist standard). The value assigned to the
dots varies from 1,000 to 10,000 mows and from 1,000 to 30,000 tans.
On all but one or two of the Maps, care has been taken to select the
dot values that most nearly reflect the range from light to heavy
density of production and acreage. Comparison with topographic maps
indicates that within each hsien the dots are generally placed in
the areas most likely to be devoted to production orthe crop under
consideration.
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The maps are compiled from 1923-27 averages based on crop re-
ports of the Department of Agricultural Economics of the National
Agricultural Research Bureau, the only comprehensive crop statistics
available for China. Although they do not represent current crop
production and acreage, the maps will be very useful, especially
when used in conjunction with other map and textual sources on
Chinese agriculture.
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IV. GENERAL MAPS FOR PLOTTING PURPOSES
(Supplementary List)
Map Research Bulletin Nos. 16, 17, 18, and 21 contained lists
of maps suitable for plotting purposes that are on distribution at
the CIA Map Library. Since these lists were published, a number of
other maps have become available. A selection of these recent maps
is given in the following list. In most cases the maps show first-
order internal administrative divisions, hydrography, hypsometry,
and transportation; in a few cases only outlines are given. Reten-
tion copies of all of the maps may be obtained from the CIA Map
Library.
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USSR
CIA
Map No. Title Scale 1:
11748 Aaministrative Divisions of the USSR, 1951 8,000,000
12040 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 36,700,000
11901 USSR Central Siberia 18,230,000
9223 LPSSR: Hydrographic Base (in 8 sheets)] 5,000,000
12069 USSR Khabarovsk-Vladivostok Area 4,800,o0o
12038 USSR Lake Baikal Region 2,000,000
12039 USSR Lake Baikal Region 5,000,000
11899 USSR Northeast Siberia 19,300,000
12064 USSR Southeast Siberia 11,370,000
11870 USSR Soviet Far East 10,000,000
11898 USSR Soviet Far East 30,000,000
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EUROPE -- Excluding the USSR
Title
Scale 1:
11744
Albania: Administrative Divisions
1,500,000
11688.1
Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein
1,000,000
11531.1
Belgium
750,000
11600
Czechoslovakia: Terrain
1,000,000
10692 Rev
Greece: Administrative Divisions, 1950
1,150,000
11546.1
Hungary
750,000
11597.1
Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Albania
1,520,000
11481.1
Rumania
1,000,000
11778
Rumania: Administrative Divisions, 1950
2,000,000
11595.1
Rumania and Bulgaria
1,520,000
11630
The Free Territory of Trieste
100,000
12258
Yugoslavia: Administrative Divisions, 1951
1,500,000
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11717
11231
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Title
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Iraq
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4,800,000
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CIA
Map No.
Title
Scale 1:
11935
12108.1
11809
British Indonesia: British Borneo
British Indonesia: British Borneo
British Indonesia: Malaya and Singapore
2,000,000
3,250,000
1,140,000
11712.1
Burma
2,500,000
11714
Burma
5,500,000
11762
Ceylon
752,000
11764
Ceylon
1,250,000
12053
China: Central and NE Kwantung Province
800,000
12053.1
China: Central and NE Kwantung Province
1,000,000
12051
China: Chekiang Province
800,000
12052
China: Fukian Province
800,000
12056
China: Hunan Province
1,000,000
12054
China: Kwangsi Province
1,000,000
12055
China: Kweichow Province
1,000,000
12276
China: Communist Administrative Areas -
1952
10,000,000
11700.12
India, Nepal, and Bhutan
5,228,000
11702
India, Nepal, and Bhutan
10,000,000
11636.1
Indochina
2,000,000
11638.1
Indochina
4,350,000
11555
Indochina: Political Divisions
7,000,000
12169
[Indochina, Thailand, Burma"
8,600,000
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Map No.
Title
Scale 1:
11994
Java: Administrative Divisions
2,400,000
11993
The Republic of Indonesia - 1951
10,000,000
12132
[Korea]
3,820,000
12115
Korea
4,750,000
11007.1
Mongolia and Northwest China
5,000,000
1st Rev
12179
giortheast Asia]
12,000,000
11704.1
Northern India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bhutan
4,000,000
12036
Northwest China: Communist Administrative
Divisions
4,000,000
11708.1
Pakistan
4,000,000
11710.1
Pakistan
6,500,000
11981
Pakistan: Internal Administration, 1951
10,000,000
11731.1
Philippine Islands
2,500,000
11733.1
Philippine Islands
4,800,000
11613
South China
3,000,000
12084
Southwest Kwangtung Province
800,000
12084.1
Southwest Kwangtung Province
1,000,000
12230.1
Territorial Scope of the South Pacific
35,000,000
Commission
11632
Thailand
2,000,000
11634
Thailand
7,000,000
11999
Thailand: Administrative Divisions, 1951
3,750,000
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Map No. Title Scale 1:
11789.1
Algeria
4,000,000
11791.1
Algeria
8,500,000
11783.1
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
3,010,000
11766.1
Belgian Congo
5,000,000
11768
Belgian Congo
8,500,000
11807.1
Equatorial Africa
5,000,000
11808.1
Equatorial Africa
9,500,000
10951
Liberia
2,000,000
11751.1
Morocco
1,510,000
11753.1
Morocco
3,550,000
11796.1
South Africa
4,150,000
11797.1
South Africa
10,000,000
11770.1
Tunisia
1,000,000
11772
Tunisia
2,050,000
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CIA
Map No. Title Scale 1:
11827.1
Colombia
2,500,000
11828.1
Colombia
5,250,000
11787
Dominican Republic
1,000,000
11787.1
Dominican Republic
500,000
10696 Rev.
Ecuador
3,000,000
10696.1
Ecuador
1,500,000
11842.1
Panama
1,000,000
11844
Panama
2,250,000
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Map No.
12130
12133
11689.12
1st Rev
12235
OTHERS
Title
Scale 1:
gurasieg
15,000,000
5orthern Hemisphere]
57,500,000
5Tor1d Base Ma7
42,000,000
5roricg 8o,000,000
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