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Journal Article

New Sheets of the Atlas de France

By Unknown
Publication
Geographical Review
Volume
28
Issue
4
Pages
706

France · Version 1

1945–2007

This review describes twenty additional plates of the Atlas de France, published by the Comité National de Géographie in 1936–1938. They cover weather, drainage, flora and fauna, vineyards, rural settlement, electricity production and distribution, food industries, marine fisheries, navigable waterways, railway and air traffic, tourism, finance, and foreign commerce. The reviewer praises the weather plates for their thoroughness and clarity and the flora and fauna maps for their execution, drawing attention to coastal biology and detailed mapping of Pyrenean vegetation. The tourism plate includes seaside resorts, winter sports and mountaineering centers, mineral spas, regional foods, scenic and historic areas, and pilgrimage sites, which the reviewer considers interesting to tourists.

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