1980s Landmark Cartographic Masterpiece Published

Summary

This article reports on major cartographic works published by China Cartographic Publishing House in 1990. The National Agricultural Atlas of the People's Republic of China, containing 300 maps, systematically reflects agricultural conditions, achievements, and distribution, and serves as a basis for agricultural planning and research. The Yellow River Basin Atlas, with 92 maps and 260,000 characters of explanatory text, presents the river's history, environment, and development, and is the world's most detailed basin atlas. The Dictionary of British Place Names includes about 20,000 entries, emphasizing historical sites with standardized transliteration and multiple indexes, making it a useful reference for geography, foreign affairs, and editorial work.