<Introduction> New atlas of the Republic of China and new provincial maps of China, published by Shenbao
<紹介>申報館發行 中華民國新地圖・中國分省新圖
- Publication
- 史林
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 770–772
China · Version 1
1934The review describes 中華民國新地圖 as a fourteen-sheet atlas planned for Shenbao’s sixtieth anniversary and compiled by a committee including Ding Wenjiang, Weng Wenhao and Zeng Shiying, with a map research office in Beiping. It reports an approximate scale of 1:1,000,000, Lambert projection, and the use of earlier maps and recent survey data. The reviewer praises the compilers’ efforts to assemble and organize material, especially for areas with limited survey coverage, while noting that foreign guidance or assistance may have been involved. Contours and layer colouring are judged to show terrain clearly, and the relatively detailed place-name coverage is considered useful for research on China’s geography.
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This review evaluates two atlases published by the Shenbao Press, the New Map of the Republic of China and the New Provincial Atlas of China, emphasizing their significance for research on Chinese geography. Compiled largely by Chinese specialists from diverse recent survey materials, the works employ standardized scales and, in the former, the Lambert projection, contour lines, and hypsometric coloring. They provide comparatively clear representations of terrain while documenting cities, place names, roads, railways, distances, and national transportation networks. The provincial atlas further supplies romanized place names and tools for identifying their pronunciation. Compared with earlier maps, both atlases substantially improve accuracy, readability, and the coverage of human-geographical information. The article regards them as major achievements in modern Chinese cartography, valuable for both practical reference and scholarly investigation.
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