船越昭生 · 1964
This bibliographic review assesses the National Atlas of China, edited by Dr. Chang Chi-yun and published in five volumes in Taipei between 1960 and 1963. It details the contents of each volume, the use of the Lambert conformal projection, principal scales, and the administrative divisions based on the 1947 promulgation, with place names romanized in the Wade-Giles system. The reviewer contends that while the atlas does not surpass the 1934 'New Atlas of the Republic of China' by Ting, Weng, and Zeng in cartographic technique, it adds valuable soil, forest, and vegetation distribution maps, enriches frontier data, and facilitates an overview of Taiwan's physical, human, and economic geography through large-scale maps, reflecting post-WWII developments in Chinese geographical research.
Frederick Hung · 1964
This review assesses the 'National Atlas of China' (1959-1962, 5 volumes), edited by Dr. Chang Chi-yun and published by the National War College in cooperation with the Chinese Geographical Institute. Continuing a long Chinese cartographic tradition, the atlas reflects Nationalist political views: it incorporates Outer Mongolia and Tannu Urianhai as Chinese territory, rejects the MacMahon Line in the Sino-Indian border dispute, and does not recognize administrative changes made by the People's Republic. Each province or region includes political and topographical maps at varying scales; the Taiwan volume (Vol. I) with its detailed regional maps and the 'major languages' map in Vol. V are particularly valuable. The review also notes contemporary articles in 'Imago Mundi' on early cartography, including the Cantino Map, French Florida, Dutch commercial publishing, and French national survey precursors.
