Abstract
This paper studies the organization and work of a cartographic section of the Istituto Geografico Militare, which was sent to Spain in 1937 in order to reinforce the efficiency of the Corpo di Truppe Volontarie. Among the maps compiled by the Italian cartographers we emphasise a series of 60 sheets of the Topographic Map of Spain at the scale of 1:50.000, and the edition of a medium-scale Road Map (1:200.000), in thirteen sheets, covering an area of 197,838 square kilometres of the Iberian Peninsula.
Highlights
This paper studies the organization and work of a cartographic section of the Istituto Geográfico Militare, which was sent to Spain in 1937 in order to reinforce the efficiency of the Corpo di Truppe Volontarie
En este sentido, el testimonio del comandante de Estado Mayor Carmelo Medrano, que actuó como brazo derecho del general Franco en el Cuartel General durante el curso de la guerra
Summary
FRANCESC NADAL Depto. de Geografía Humana, Universidad de Barcelona JOSÉ IGNACIO MURO Depto. de Historia y Geografía, Universidad Rovira i Virgili. De Geografía Humana, Universidad de Barcelona JOSÉ IGNACIO MURO Depto. De Historia y Geografía, Universidad Rovira i Virgili. RESUMEN: Este artículo describe la organización y actividades de una sección cartográfica del Istituto Geográfico Militare, enviada a España en mayo de 1937para reforzar los servicios del Corpo di Truppe Volontarie. Entre los mapas compilados por los cartógrafos italianos destaca una colección de sesenta hojas del Mapa topográfico de España a escala 1:50.000, y la edición polícroma de una carta itineraria con tintas hipsométricas a escala 1:200.000, en trece hojas, que cubren un extensión de 197.838 km[2] del territorio peninsular.
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