Cartographical Progress: Atlas of Uganda

Summary

This review assesses the Atlas of Uganda, produced by the Lands and Surveys Department for independence. It describes the atlas's 38 maps with notes and photographs, covering physical and human geography, population, agriculture, economy, health, and education. The reviewer commends the innovative cartographic techniques—such as divided circles for ethnic groups and isopleths for crop distributions—and the historical maps of archaeological sites and explorers' routes. He also notes an inconsistency: temperature maps use Centigrade while the text uses Fahrenheit. The review concludes that the atlas is the best national atlas among East African countries and, given its reasonable price, valuable to geographers and students of African development.