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square miles) lying on the east bank of 

 the Volta River and to a portion of the 

 Cameroons (34,750 square miles) bor- 

 dering on her possessions in southeastern 

 Nigeria. 



France has assumed the mandate over 

 the major portions of Togoland (20.154 

 square miles) and the Cameroons (270,- 

 270 square miles). 



Belgium's share in mandate responsi- 

 bilities over Germany's former African 

 colonial empire consists of the territory 

 lying between Lake Tanganyika and Lake 

 Victoria, known as Ruanda and Urundi — 

 some 19,000 square miles. 



The territorial interests of European 

 countries in Africa since the mandate ad- 

 justments are represented by the follow- 

 ing statistics : 



France, 4,474,000 square miles — more 

 than twenty times the area of the home 

 country ; Great Britain, 3,854,600 square 

 miles — more than thirty times the area of 

 the British Isles ; Belgium, 928,900 square 

 miles — more than eighty times the area 

 of the governing country ; Portugal, 927,- 

 200 square miles — equal to twenty-six 

 Portugals - in - Europe ; Italy, 591,200 

 square miles — more than four times the 

 size of the governing country ; and Spain, 

 128,100 square miles — about two-thirds 

 the size of the home land. 



One of the most interesting features of 

 the New Map of Africa compared with 

 that published by The Society several 

 years ago is the remarkable development 

 of the continent's railways. The lines 

 under construction are being completed 

 so rapidly that on two occasions during 

 the publication of the Map, which required 

 three months, it was found necessary to 

 stop the presses and change the lines 

 from "proposed" to "finished" railroads. 



In several instances, the boundaries be- 



tveen colonial possessions have not vet 

 been fixed definitely. In such eases the 

 tentative or approximate lines are shown 

 by broken color lines, as, for example, 

 between French West Africa and Italian 

 Libya and between Italian Libya and 

 Egypt. The boundary between Italian 

 Somaliland and British Kenya is also in 

 the course of amicable adjustment. 



In the spelling of native place names, 

 the British transliteration system has 

 been adopted, but a key has been pro- 

 vided (in the Note in the lower right cor- 

 ner of the Map), which will enable the 

 student to obtain the French, Belgian, 

 Italian, and Portuguese equivalents of 

 the English sounds. 



OTHER MAPS IN PREPARATION 



The Map of Africa will be followed 

 in the near future by a Map of the World, 

 drawn on a newly-devised projection, 

 which shows the Western Hemisphere 

 practically without distortion. Later will 

 appear a splendid Map of the United 

 States of convenient size. 



The maps already published by The 

 Society and issued as supplements with 

 the National Geographic Magazine 

 during 1921 and 1922 — Europe, Asia, 

 South America, the Islands of the Pacific, 

 the Countries of the Caribbean, and Af- 

 rica — represent an expenditure for com- 

 piling, engraving, and printing of more 

 than $200,000. 



In the compilation of data for the Map 

 of Africa The Society wishes to acknowl- 

 edge its appreciation of special facilities 

 placed at its disposal by and valuable ad- 

 vice received from the Map Division of 

 the United States State Department, the 

 Graphic Section of the Army War Col- 

 lege, and members of the American Con- 

 sular Service stationed in Africa, 



REGARDING ADDITIONAL COPIES MAP OF AFRICA 



Additional copies of the Map of Africa are obtainable from the headquarters 

 of the National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C, only, at $1.00 each on 

 paper, and $1.50 printed on linen map paper; maps in color of the New Europe 

 (30x33 inches), Asia (28x36), South America (25x35), Islands of the Pacific 

 (19x25), and Countries of the Caribbean Map (42x23^) at the same prices. 



