Atlas of Portugal
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Portugal · Coimbra · 1941
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Recensões: Atlas de Portugal
Unknown · 1954
This is an academic review of the Atlas de Portugal by Amorim Girão. The review notes that the first edition (1941) is sold out and a second edition is planned but delayed due to the author's commitments. It emphasizes that the new atlas will be a completely new work, primarily aimed at presenting Portugal and its territories across continents as a unified whole, highlighting their cohesion and solidarity amid international instability. To this end, it will include three historical maps to explain Portugal's origins, global expansion, and contemporary presence from a historical perspective. The atlas will feature bilingual Portuguese-English commentaries and be issued in installments to meet growing international interest, especially from the United States. The review also criticizes errors in identifying and locating place names in Portuguese medieval documents, suggesting a geographical appendix for corrections.
National atlases: a summary
Ena L. Yonge · 1957
This article provides a comprehensive review of national atlases published worldwide up to the time of writing. It notes that since the Geographical Review first coined the term 'Age of National Atlases' in 1940, the surge of nationalism after World War II has greatly accelerated the production and scope of such atlases. The author surveys 26 published national atlases and 3 in preparation. The article first emphasizes that a national atlas aims to portray all aspects of a country—physical, economic, and social—and highlights a welcome trend: the inclusion of map titles, legends, and text summaries in English or French for atlases published in less familiar languages. The review is then organized by region. For Europe, it details atlases from Austria (Atlas von Niederösterreich), Belgium (Atlas de Belgique), France (revised Atlas de France), and Germany (Deutscher Planungsatlas, specifically Atlas von Berlin), among others, discussing their institutional backing, content structure, scales, cartographic techniques, and unique features, such as Berlin's depiction of wartime damage and postwar development, and Belgium's detailed demographic and agricultural maps. Atlases from Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Norway are also mentioned. For Africa, the planned Atlas du Maroc is described. For Oceania, the Atlas of Australian Resources is reviewed, highlighting its origin in post-war resource assessment, its effective use of a large scale, and its focus on water resources and population distribution. For North America, the article reports on the progress of a Canadian national atlas and the initiation of the National Atlas of the United States, a collaborative federal effort to compile standardized thematic maps from various government agencies. The article concludes that these national atlases represent significant achievements in geographic and cartographic scholarship, serving as invaluable resources for students, planners, and businesses.
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