The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-02
Mar Studio. for the Nation.

I Alderman masaz he tells the story OF an old
French farmer Nho. Ike many peFeents OF
France. had an immoderatcly er arRed i1ea Of
the : a. Of ME great country. SOM one brought
him. one Cay. a map OF Europe 10 see II Il g ould
change MA preco c-pt on a. TO the extent OF
his % i've laod The o d man fcun! France In
it, little c rner and ran his finger along It's OUT
lines lien he traced he boundaries Of some
Of tie Other countries and finally followed the
bord 'rs o. Europ" around the edges OF the map
1hen he turned away. sadly ehan.ug he head
and nit ring only two words. Not large
No book or argument could haze & ven him
40 yivii an idea OF the comparative n,igrif-
,ance Of France's fraction of Europe The
story Illustrates the lreat advantage OF GOOD
maps. which is that one my obtain rom them.
ut a Glance, a clear and accurate impression o.
the facts treated (Which could not b. 40
vi, idly presen' ed u the mind oy many PAGES
Of written description.
A map published IN Germany In May last
may be cited "a ano her i~liustrat on Of this fact.
The purpose of he map Is 10 show the sea in
du.tries OF the German coasts. With the Ger
man gent IS for csrtography and the Invention
OF symbols to denote facts. a great deal OF i'm
rortan, and interesting information 10
eiv'n without a printed word or nu-
neral. The number OF regular steam
snip Inc, Ne-brlb ulo oJCNss NV su' oilou Al
OF tonnage OF each port, the totaI SEA
trade OF each port fcr 1898. the shipbuiidins
centres and number Of dry docks, the fishing
ports, he towns where hsh curing 10 carried on,
the chief Ash markets. the routes by which
fsh are taken tn Berlin. the distribution
along the coasts ~ the fisheries. population and
other Information are shown with perfect leTi-
hility The map gives All admirable birdseys
view Of AL IN, Industrial relations OF the Ger
man coasts to he sca,
German cartor-aphy has recently bacn at
tracing attention by labors In a field TO which
maps have MT hitherto been largely devoted.
Various map houses have teen publishing many
oh cts Ike III = lust mention I'd. Civ ne one or
another phas" oil tho Empires present develop
men in respect 4 indu-tr a activity. colonial
expansion. sea power. merchant marine and so
on. Tho most conspicuous example Of these
works. whose special aim il not 20 show
geographic features but 20 de pio' the resources
OF the Emrirn and It's achieverne' e and tenden-
cies In the world o. work. Is undoubtedly
Paul Langhans'. Dtut che Eoion,alotias whioh
he comri.ted In 1897 after five years OF
labor No ot'.et map product is a finer
illustration o, the great var ETY. OF
informaJon n y NAV be clearly shown on a
map ,h''t. rhr." hundreds of man present
to III" e., a hat typography can show Of re
results o. The mnt'rl ard intelle 'tual activity
OF tho r;lau D"or.' o.. word over wen t.
their n.SI.Cis q q Sc'ico's and thnir progrAsil
agriculture atd tradn md in trorica colon VA
tor. The "! nc Ia one ~ the best examples
~ recent wear or IN. superior pr duct result
good olrtocrephic nltoria. IN the CON pllation
az an atlas. ,'he sources. for example,. upon
which La ghans based his map she 'ts OF Car
man Eas, Africa were 375 maps. while 1855 maps
wer" used in he pre~arat on OF his New Guinea
snd i35 IN his Cameroons sheets.
Where are the map makers In our own
coIr'ry who viii enter this field Of rational
cartogrlphy7 graa' opportunity awrits the
man putli-he- who e axle to at forth on man
shoe's tA ftois OF our resources md their re-
lat on 70 our Industrial and comm .rcial
supremacy with German thorouchu"ss aud
fdrlitv n truth and something aprro1 ching
can th"s great flc's b 90 wei collatej for the
Ccnv' mont usc NJ business men and 81 dents ne
on ma =, and Their. would be no lack Of market
tor such frius II they did justic' to the subjects
tre1tr aud To the present advanc d methods
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