New Sheets of the Atlas de France

Summary

This review discusses twenty additional plates (Nos. 16–20, 26–29, 37, 42, 46, 51, 53, 56, 58, 60, 62–64) of the Atlas de France, published by the Comité National de Géographie between 1936 and 1938. The plates cover weather elements (cloudiness, humidity, winds, temperature and rainfall variability, and summer/winter climate types), drainage, flora and fauna (including coastal biology and Pyrenean vegetation), vineyards, rural settlement, electricity, food industries, marine fisheries, navigable waterways, railway and aerial traffic, as well as tourism, finance, and foreign trade. The review highlights the atlas's thoroughness and cartographic excellence in meteorological, biogeographic, and human-economic themes, noting its value for geographers and tourists alike.