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Title:The War of the Maps: Portugal vs. PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde)
Author:Glantz, Michael H.
Year:1973
Periodical:Pan-African Journal
Volume:6
Issue:3
Period:August
Pages:285-296
Language:English
Geographic term:Guinea-Bissau
Subjects:guerrilla warfare
colonialism
nationalism
Abstract:After a description of the use of maps in general and of the history, economy and tribal groups in Portuguese Guinea, the author analyses maps of the Portuguese and the PAIGC, in order to give a view of the situation of Portuguese Guinea at the beginning of 1973. The conclusion is that the map depicting the minimum area attributed to both sides by the other side gives an idea of the situation as it was in that year. Maps, ref., table.