Reviews: An Atlas of Papua and New Guinea

The review describes Ward and Lea's 1970 An Atlas of Papua and New Guinea, originally produced for the 42nd ANZAAS Congress in Port Moresby, as a thematic atlas with limited topographic coverage and little use for route-finding. Its 51 thematic maps cover subjects from geology, soils and rainfall to pidgin English, religion, tuberculosis and archaeological sites. The reviewer praises Malous Ploeg's clear black-and-white cartography and the contributors' concise accompanying commentaries, and commends the practical, inexpensive softcover production priced at $2.50. Joining H. C. Brookfield's wish for a larger thematic atlas, the reviewer also hopes for complementary coverage by modern 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 topographic maps.