Bos-Niermeyer Atlas der gehele Aarde (1951)
The 38th edition of the Bos-Niermeyer Atlas der gehele Aarde, revised by P. Eibergen, J.B. Wolters, Groningen, 1951, has recently been received in Washington (CIA Map Library Call No. A000 .E3). It is a typical school atlas, with most maps generalized and at small scale. The chief value of the atlas lies in its detailed coverage of the Netherlands and the present and former Dutch colonies.
Soils, relief, and major political divisions of the Netherlands are shown with a high degree of accuracy on single-sheet multicolored maps at the scale of 1:800,000. Geology, major roads, and population density are mapped in black and white at scales ranging from 1:1,200,000 to 1:1,500,000. In addition, five multicolored sheets at 1:400,000, covering the entire country, provide greater detail on soils, hydrography, and railroads, but indicate relief by hachures only. Rainfall, the Ijsselmeer reclamation projects, and the harbor works at Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Ijmuiden, and the Hoek van Holland are included as insets.
The relief and the political divisions of Indonesia and of Eastern Indonesia are indicated on multicolored maps at 1:12,000,000 and 1:6,000,000, respectively, and the Mission Areas and the Protestant Church Areas of all of Indonesia are included in monochrome at 1:16,000,000. Two maps show the relief, political divisions, railroads, and other economic information for the principal islands — Java and Madura, at a scale of 1:1,500,000, and Sumatra, at 1:4,000,000. Insets on the Java-Madura sheet include:
- Small-scale city plans of Djakarta, Semarang, and Surabaja;
- 1:5,000,000 maps of geology, irrigation and afforestation, and population density; and
- Maps of languages at 1:7,500,000.
On the Sumatra sheet, insets at 1:2,000,000 cover land use of the middle east coast and the relief of the west coast, and an inset at 1:7,000,000 shows the geology of the entire island and includes the location of oil wells, mines, and petroleum refineries. Other maps give the distribution of the ethnic groups of Sumatra, Borneo, and the Celebes.
The South American territory, Surinam, is covered by a map at 1:3,000,000 that shows relief, political divisions, transportation, and agricultural areas, and includes small-scale insets of the Dutch island possessions of the Caribbean and of the cities of Paramaribo and Willemsted.
An alphabetical gazetteer of place names is keyed to all the maps in the atlas.
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