P. J. Greenway · 1949
P. J. Greenway reviews the Atlas of the Tanganyika Territory, produced by the Survey Division, Department of Lands and Mines in 1942, and reports plans for a new edition. H. P. Rowe’s foreword describes an effort to present historical, physiographical, economic, and climatic information simply; limited accurate knowledge and wartime conditions prevented inclusion of some additional subjects. The original looseleaf atlas contained 27 sheets, statistics, a gazetteer, a foreword, and a contents list. Its five sections cover physical geography, biogeography, human geography, industry and commerce, and history, including early maps, representations of the Nile’s sources, Dar es Salaam’s development, and European exploration routes. Wartime security restricted distribution to Tanganyika government departments. Hydrography and provisional malaria sheets were added in 1943, while soil and vegetation maps were in preparation. Printing of the new edition was expected to finish around December 1948, with binding still required and public availability hoped for in 1949. Greenway praises the atlas’s color printing, production, and consolidation of useful information from scattered, sometimes inaccessible publications.
Malcolm E. Bondy · 1950
This article describes the Atlas of the Tanganyika Territory (2nd edition, 1948), received by the Map Division from the Department of Lands and Mines, Dar Es Salaam. Reflecting global interest in under-developed areas, the atlas highlights geographers' role in providing accurate data for planning. Compared to the 1942 edition, it adds soil, vegetation, and principal mines maps, and revises maps on rainfall, geology, hydrography, temperature, physiography, forest reserves, game distribution, education, health, agriculture, transport, and population. It also includes medical geography data on tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, malaria, and cattle density. Each map is accompanied by explanatory text, and a statistical section covers imports/exports (1893–1946) and production graphs for tin, mica, salt, gold, and diamonds. The atlas concludes with a historical section on East African cartography, tracing knowledge growth since Herodotus and Ptolemy.
Marie C. Goodman · 1951
Goodman’s notice describes the 1948 second edition of Atlas of the Tanganyika Territory, comprising 27 large map plates, partly in color, and colored diagrams. Six plates are entirely new; the others revise plates from the 1942 edition. Text and tables appear on the backs of some maps, with sections covering physical geography, biography, human geography, industry and commerce, statistics, history, and a gazetteer. Goodman reports that the compilers sought a format presenting historical, physiographical, economic, and climatic factors simply.
