Atlas van Tropisch Nederland
Indonesia · · 1938
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Geographical Reviews: Atlas of the Netherlands Indies
Karl J. Pelzer · 1939
This review of the Atlas of the Netherlands Indies (1938) highlights that it was jointly produced by the Royal Netherlands Geographical Society and the Topographical Service of the Netherlands Indies. The atlas comprises 31 plates with large and small maps covering the Malay Archipelago, including large-scale relief maps of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, and Dutch New Guinea, as well as thematic maps on geology, climate, flora, fauna, population, languages, education, economy, and colonial history. The reviewer praises the atlas's comprehensiveness and readability but criticizes inconsistent color schemes, shading that obscures elevations, and the absence of a map of European plantations in Java.
The newly published atlas of the tropical Netherlands
J. L. H. Luymes · 1938
This article describes the newly published Atlas of the Tropical Netherlands, produced by the Royal Netherlands Geographical Society in collaboration with the Topographical Service of the Netherlands East Indies. After two earlier attempts failed because of the war and economic crisis, the atlas realizes a long-standing ambition. It aims to serve both practical use and scientific survey, representing current knowledge of physical and human geography through cartography. The atlas contains general orientation maps of global shipping, air, telegraph and radio routes; chorographic maps of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, Netherlands New Guinea, Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles, with varying scales and inset town plans. Orography is shown by hypsometric tints and isohypses, and the reliability of contours is indicated. The scientific section includes maps of seas and morphology, volcanoes and landscapes, meteorology, biogeography, geophysics, geology and minerals, population, education, languages, agriculture, plantations, irrigation, land use, and historical geography. Data were contributed by specialists; sources and dates of compilation are listed. Although the depression delayed production, the maps were updated where possible. The article concludes that the atlas provides a comprehensive overview and will enrich knowledge of the Netherlands' overseas territories.
Besprechungen: Atlas van Tropisch Nederland
H. Lehmann · 1939
This review article contains two critiques. The first praises the Atlas of Tropical Netherlands, which comprises 31 sheets of the Dutch East and West Indies. Combining accurate topographic maps with thematic maps of volcanoes, geology, vegetation, and economic activity, and supplied with multilingual explanations, it constitutes a valuable scientific reference. The second review discusses James Frazer's The Native Races of Africa and Madagascar, but criticizes it as a mere mosaic of excerpts from travel literature that lacks systematic synthesis and critical analysis. The reviewer also rejects Frazer's linear conception of cultural evolution from savagery to civilization, arguing that it neglects the diversity and complexity of social organization in non-Western cultures.
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