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district, arranged alphabetically under broad groupings such as ‘industries’ Notes
“colonies” “buildings”, “institutions” etc. The maps have been drawn primarily to
assist tourists and travellers.
Maharashtra in Maps/by K.R. Dikshit: assisted by Charulata Patil. Bombay: Maharashtra
State Board for Literature and Culture, 1986. 245p.
This is a reference book including 67 maps of authentic statistical information about
administrative divisions, sugar factories, places of tourist interest, population, growth
of urban areas and towns, employment, production in various industries, etc.
(b) Special or Thematic Maps: Thematic maps depict specific subjects, themes or types of
development. Economic, political, land use surveys, rainfall, rail/road air routes, minerals,
climate, and production of different crops, language, population, and religion – all fall
under this category. Thematic maps contain useful data about a particular subject and need
constant updating. Given below are some examples of thematic maps:
(i) Historical Atlases: Historical atlases are important to learn about the changing political
boundaries of the world, progress of major wars and battles, and routes followed by explorers.
Muir’s Historical atlas: Ancient Medieval and Modern/ed. By R.F. Treherne and H. Fullard.
10th ed. London: Philip, 1976. (2 vol. In one)
Covers historical changes in the world from 15th century BC to 1965.
Times Atlas of World History/ed. By G. Barclough. 3rd ed. (ed. By Normand Stone).
Mapplewood: N.T: Hammond, 1989.
Grouped in seven main sections, the atlas traces the history of mankind from the age
of early man to the age of global civilisation. The chronology has been updated to
include events up to 1989.
(ii) Economical and Social Atlases: 1983 World Bank Atlas: Gross National Product, Population
and Growth Rates. Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1983.
Published regularly, this includes data on population, Gross National Product (GNP),
and per capita GNP in the U.S. dollars for most countries of the world. The 1983
edition covers data for the years 1980 and 1981. This thematic atlas also provides
average annual growth rates of population and of per capita GNP in real terms for
the period 1979-80.
Basic Resources Atlas of Tamil Nadu/ed. By A. Ramesh and P.S. Tiwari. Madras: Dept. of
Geography, University of Madras, 1983.
Planning Atlas of UP. Lucknow: Govt. of U.P., 1987.
(iii) Demographic Atlases: India Census Atlas: National volume. 1981, New Delhi: Registrar
general and Census Commissioner, 1988.
Third in the series begun with 1961 census, it presents population profile of the
people of India. The volume contains 93 plates with short research notes on each one
supplemented by useful statistical tables and diagrams in four sections: 1. Physical
aspects, 2. demographic structure and trends, 3. economic aspects, and 4. socio cultural
aspects.
(iv) Anthropological Atlases: Examples include: An Atlas of Tribal India with Computed Tables of
District Level Data and the Geographical Interpretations by Moons Raza and Aijazuddin
Ahmad. Delhi: Concept, 1989.
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