Bibliographica: Atlas général du Congo

Summary

This review examines five thematic maps and their accompanying notes from the Atlas général du Congo, published in 1951-53. The maps cover population density, tsetse fly distribution, anti-slavery campaigns, plant production, and border changes. The reviewer describes the basis, content, and scholarly value of each map, while pointing out specific shortcomings, including inaccuracies in population statistics, the need for further exploration of tsetse fly zones, imprecise details in the plant production map (such as underestimated palm grove areas and omitted processing facilities), and the absence of the important place name Panta from the border map.