The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

siiai the facts he selected to nrason. -
''ie iarBest map of Africa yet produced
one OF the handsomest cartoera,,,,,.
:, No Vi recent years is the atlas of the
man coionles which Paul Langhans az
oo,na' Germany, has recently completed
aIter ABOUT three years of assiduons la
ne hesiected no source of valuable
Information IN carrying out this under
taxing and the sixty map pages give The
results of the latest and best geoerepbfcal
researches among Germanys colonies an
over the world. As is the habit of the hest
herman mapmakers, he gives the sources
maps. =" iiiS
40 prepare his map Of the little Marshall
IsIanu Protectorate, for instance he used
seVenty-six different maps Including of-
hcial charts, like the admiralty sur,,e,,a
ana the map material prepared by the
american board of commissioners far for-
eiSn missions Of Boston. Has any Amer
lcan mapmaker yet published a man ~
wake island. one of Dur new Acquisitions
IN The Pacific? Probably not. RiIt our
tnapifiakers may take 1t now from Lang
mans, VINO gives a very clear idea ~ ~,
three specks of land forming the wala
group over which the American aap u,ilJ
henceforth float "Ai
re consulted l20 route SURVEYS and 9TH
er maps of the semi-arid posseseions -
the Germans in Southwest Africa 10 v,sa1s.>
MS eisht-page map Of that region and
esey wagon road, well, bit of grazing
area, mining prospect and hamlet ~ re
whole district is down with an aesa,
Ills dellneation of the Cameroons fs hasad .
upon 100 surveys of original map material
ol logo upon sixty-four maps Of Cor
manys possessions In New Guinea no.,
$50 maps and in the preparation or RE
, nap sheets OF German East Africa. the
iaIsest OF all German colonial possessions
Ie mace use OF 80 maps. Many of these
maps were devoted solely to some esnaciaI
feature one map for instance. giving
topographic aspects, another cara,,ass
routes, another the names OF trjhos 80
tneir distributions; and all these mans ,,,erl,
the work OF men from various patto,,.
VINO nave taken part in the study OF East
AIrica. Langhans took from each rrar
ne NEEDED and thus his map sheets are
has been collected. nat
one of the most famous English -,
publishers was asked while ago ~ ~
thought many British maps were nr,,,,,s
ca Whlch reached the German stanl1ar.
of photographic excellence.
certainly not" was his reply "a,a
uoh mean TO depreciate the talents ana
a'.ainIneIts OF our photographers when
say THIS As matter of fact Nc -
turn out just as good map PROPHETS -
those Of the leading German houses RS
reason why we fall behind them 4, s1.e
respects is that we cannot afford 10 aa,.a,
their map quality. We have TO nav CO.,.
tographers nearly double the sca1a -
prices commanded by the most fayno',l
map-makers Of Germany. Our public viii
not pay the prices for maps we wou1a -.
TO charge If we spent AZ y1,,ah
time preparing map sheet as The best
German makers do Our cartogranbic ~.
ent Is as excellent and well trained ~.
theirs, but we cannot afford to ungar ~
long over the preparation of a man sbea9
as the Germans do"
The fact is, however, that the c5ermans
have invented some mechanical procarsas
In map-making which are not understo1s
outside their own establishments and
these processes contribute to the axcat
ence OF their work. The geographer 81
one of the leading map houses in I.ondor
said recently that during a visit 10 Ger
many last summer he obtained. permis-
sion 20 go through the establishment ~
the most famous geographical housss Ia
that country, but there We're number Of
rooms whore work was in progress WHICH.
he was told, were never shown to visie-
)rs.