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L'atlas de France

By Em. de Martonne·

Summary

The French Atlas was proposed in 1922 and officially published in 1933, compiled by 49 collaborators, with all maps being original. It includes five national maps at scales from 1:1,000,000 to 1:1,250,000, covering topography, population density, landforms, vegetation, and regional geography. The most distinctive maps include those on actual temperatures, precipitation variability, river hydrology, marine hydrology, agriculture, forests, industry, mineral resources, fisheries, transportation, tourism, finance, foreign trade, and political opinions. As of the time of writing,

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