COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Radó, Sándor, 1899-1981
Date:
1930
Short Title:
Die Kleinen Kolonialstaaten : Das Niederländische Kolonialreich ...
Publisher:
Verlag für Literatur und Politik
Publisher Location:
Vienna
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
19
Obj Width cm:
32
Note:
Four political world maps, in black and white, showing the geographical reach of the Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Belgian colonial empires by delineating the boundaries of Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Belgium, as well as their colonies. Each map includes a legend. Titles to the right of or beneath each map, translate to: The Small Colonial States : The Dutch Colonial Empire -- The Spanish Colonial Empire -- The Portuguese Colonial Empire -- The Belgian Colonial Empire. Together, maps are 19 x 32 cm, on sheet 26 x 34 cm. Accompanied by descriptive text on facing page.
World Area:
World
Country:
Netherlands
Country:
Spain
Country:
Portugal
Country:
Belgium
Subject:
Political
Full Title:
Die Kleinen Kolonialstaaten : Das Niederländische Kolonialreich -- Das Spanische Kolonialreich -- Das Portugiesische Kolonialreich -- Das Belgische Kolonialreich.
List No:
14253.037
Page No:
41
Series No:
37
Publication Author:
Radó, Sándor, 1899-1981
Pub Date:
1930
Pub Title:
Alex Radó. Atlas für politik Wirtschaft Arbeiterbewegung. 1. Der Imperialismus vorwort von Th. Rothstein. Verlag für Literatur und Politik Wien/Berlin.
Pub Note:
Alex Radó's political world atlas, Atlas für politik Wirtschaft Arbeiterbewegung, published in Vienna in 1930. Title translates to: Atlas for politics economy labor movement. Bound in green board, with bold graphic design (as continues throughout volume in maps utilizing striking iconography). Collation: 168 pages. Contains 120 individual maps, some of which appear together as sets on single pages. Includes a table of contents and an index, as well as a preface by Fedor Aronovich Rotshtein. Each map (or map set) is accompanied by descriptive text on facing page. Atlas divided into six sections, with the following titles (translated from German): [1] Stages of imperialism, [2] The great powers of the present, [3] The goals of imperialism, [4] The struggle for dominance of the seas, [5] Individual problems of imperialism, and [6] Nationality and Economic Issues. Many of the maps show the geographical reach of imperialist nations - such as the British Empire, the United States and the Soviet Union - delineating their colonies, and areas of influence and interest. Maps trace shifting international boundaries, comparing political powers before and after World War I (1914-1918). Maps also focus on the economies and nationalities of residents within countries around the world. In addition to illustrating the powerful, atlas also displays populations struggling against oppression, as featured in the two final maps: Die Unterdrückten Völker der Welt [=The oppressed peoples of the world] -- Nationale Minderheiten in Europa [National minorities in Europe]. Alexander (Sandor) Radó played a leading role in Soviet Bloc mapping programs, collecting geographic intelligence on the West. For instance, as chief of the Swiss-based "Rote Drei”, Radó supplied Moscow with detailed information on the German order of battle, from 1941 to 1943. Radó was born in Ujpest, Hungary, in 1899, of Jewish parents. While a student at the Budapest gymnasium, he joined a socialist group whose members included Matyas Rakosi and Erno Gero. He became one of the first members of the Hungarian Communist Party when it was formed in November 1918. He took an active part in the Bela Kun uprising, 1918-1919, serving as political commissar in Ferenc Munnich's division. Forced to leave Hungary when the short-lived Communist government was ousted in 1919, he went to Austria and later to Germany. In 1919, Radó entered the University of Jena in Germany, where he studied geography and cartography. Continuing his Communist activities, he was in touch with Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, founders of the German Communist movement. In 1925, upon completing his studies at Jena, Rado was trained n the USSR for service with Soviet military intelligence and then settled in Berlin. He was assigned to a Soviet intelligence network concerned mainly with German politics and industrial development. To establish his cover he was employed as a cartographer preparing air charts for Lufthansa. - https://www.cia.gov… Provenance: Atlas formerly belonged to the estate of Fred H. Sanderson, who was an economic intelligence officer with the CIA.
Pub List No:
14253.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
120
Pub Height cm:
27
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
14253037.jp2
Authors:
Radó, Sándor, 1899-1981
