The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎392r] (136/232)

NEW MAPS.
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zwischen dem Uadi Qeneh und Gebel Set. Scale 1:200,000 or 3-1 stat. miles to
an inch. Berlin : D. Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), 1900.
The first portfolio of maps belonging to this series appeared last year, and was
noticed in the Geographical Journal for June, 1899. This second issue contains only
two maps, Nos. 1Y. and V., which include that portion of the desert between the Nile
and the Red Sea situated approximately within the parallels of 27° and 29° 10' N. lat.,
and between long. 31° 50' E. and the coast. They show the results of Dr. Georg
Schweinfurth’s explorations and surveys undertaken in the years 1876-77-78, 1884-85,
and 1887, and furnish a valuable addition to our knowledge of the geography of this
region. The maps are printed in four colours—hill work brown, dry beds of streams
green, water blue, and outline, routes and lettering black. Numerous notes on the
character of the country traversed are added, and on Sheet Y. there is a section show
ing the geological features of the region from Mount Om Mangul to the sea, along
the parallel of 27° 15' N. lat. Information obtained from the explorations of other
travellers is fully acknowledged.
South Africa. Bower.
Large-scale Map of the Southern Transvaal and Northern Orange River Colony,
with inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. of Lydenburg District. Scale 1:253,440 or 4 stat. miles to an inch.
Compiled from original surveys and official sources by Thomas Bowyer Bower,
a.m.i.ce., m.i.m.m., f.r.g.s. London: George Philip & Son, 1900. 3 sheets and
index. Price £2 12g. 6fl. Presented by the Author.
Up to the present time this is, doubtless, the best map that has been published of
the area it represents, and its scale, 4 miles to an inch, is sufficiently large to admit
of a considerable amount of detail being shown without overcrowding. It includes
the country from Heilbron, in the Orange River Colony, on the south, to Wolvekraal on
the Elands river, on the north, and from Klerksdorp, on the west, to the borders of
Swaziland on the east. Pretoria and Johannesburg thus appear in about the centre
of the map. On the western sheet there is an inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. of part of the Lydenburg district
on the same scale as the map itself. The map is printed in colours, and, in addition
to the general topographical features and information usually contained on such maps,
it shows farms with their official numbers, proclaimed goldfields, and gold reefs.
Mr. Bowyer Bower, the compiler of the map, has had exceptional opportunities for
obtaining accurate information, and has himself surveyed a considerable extent of this
area, besides which he has made good use of the surveys of others; thus his map will
he most serviceable at the present time, although before long it is to be hoped that
the country will be systematically triangulated and surveyed on a large scale. A
useful index to the names of farms which appear on the map is given as a supplement.
AMERICA.
Argentine. Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway Co., Ltd.
Argentine Railways, 1900. Issued by the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway Co.,
Ltd., London. Scale 1 : 2,534,400 or 40 stat. miles to an inch. Inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. map of
Buenos Aires. Scale 1: 300,000 or 4 7 stat. miles to an inch. Presented by the
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway Co.
A roughly produced map, lithographed A lithograph is an image reproduced from a printing plate whose image areas attract ink and non-image areas repel it. in colours, but showing very clearly the
•different railways and railway systems of the Argentine Republic up to date.
GENERAL.
French Colonies. Pelet.
Atlas des Colonies Fran^aises. Dresse par ordre du Ministere des Colonies. Par
Paul Pelet. Paris : Armand Colin & Cie. Livraison iii. Price 3 fr.
The three maps contained in this part of Pelet’s atlas of the French colonies
are as follows: No. 9, Afrique Occidentale, I. Senegal, 1: 3,000,000; No. 12, Congo
(feuille sud), 1: 300,000; and No. 26, Polynesie: Etablissements francjaisde 1’Oceanie,
on various scales. Like those previously published, these maps have been carefully pro
duced, and are printed in colours. Considerable time has, however, been allowed to
elapse between the time of their engraving and that of their publication, as the first
is dated April, 1899; the second October, 1899; and the third 1898. Statistical and
descriptive information accompanies each map.
Map Slides. Dickinson and Andrews.
The “Diagram” Series of Geographical Lantern Slides of Maps. By B. B.
Dickinson, m. a., and A. W. Andrews, m.a. To be obtained from G. Philip & Son,
London. Price Is. 6d. each (coloured).
Messrs. Dickinson and Andrews deserve the thanks of all geographical lecturers
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