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Unit 11: Geographical Sources




                    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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