National Atlas of Cuba: In Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Revolution
Национальный атлас Кубы: В ознаменование десятой годовщины революции
Cuba · Главное управление геодезии и картографии при Совете Министров СССР · 1970
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Compilation of typological maps based on materials from national atlases (on the example of the National Atlas of Cuba)
Правоторова, Г. А. · 1976
This paper examines the potential of national complex atlases as a foundation for subsequent thematic and typological cartography, using the development of a map of “Agricultural Production Types of Land” for the Matanzas Province of Cuba as a case study. The primary data source is the National Atlas of Cuba (1970), created under USSR–Cuba scientific cooperation. The method involved a multi-stage analysis and synthesis of the atlas’s natural and socio-economic maps. Working tracings were first compiled from geomorphological, soil, and hydrogeological maps to delineate relief types, karst distribution, predominant soil series, and groundwater characteristics. In parallel, economic maps of agriculture, the sugar industry, transport, and water management were analyzed to identify leading agricultural branches, crop area distributions, sugar central locations, and melioration prospects. By sequentially overlaying all derived tracings and cross-referencing natural potential with economic trends, a comprehensive typological map at 1:750,000 scale was produced. The resulting map identifies five major agricultural production types—sugar cane; fruits, root crops, and vegetables; fiber crops; rice; and livestock—further subdivided into thirteen subtypes. The detailed legend integrates for each subtype the characteristic relief, karst forms, groundwater availability and quality, genetic soil groups, and key agronomic properties. The map also highlights lands currently unused but suitable for future agricultural development with melioration. The study demonstrates that systematic exploitation of national atlas materials enables scientifically grounded typological mapping, offering valuable forecasts for optimizing land use and advancing system-structural approaches in geography. The approach is particularly relevant for tropical regions, where combining multi-thematic atlas data reveals fine-scale spatial patterns of agricultural suitability and production structure.
Geographical Reviews: Atlas Nacional de Cuba
Donald R. Dyer · 1972
This review examines the first National Atlas of Cuba, published in 1970 by the Cuban Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Soviet institutions, in both Spanish and Russian editions. The atlas comprises 102 map pages and 29 text pages, covering physical geography, economy, population, culture, and history, with data mostly from the 1960s. It prominently highlights revolutionary achievements, including new industrial installations and social improvements. The cartography and printing are excellent, produced by Cuban and Soviet cartographers. The reviewer concludes that the atlas is a valuable contribution to basic knowledge about Cuba.
National atlases: concept, content, development experience
Р. И. Злотин; С. В. Зонн; Д. А. Лилиенберг; Я. Г. Машбиц; А. И. Фадеев; В. П. Чичагов · 1988
This article summarizes the experience of cooperation between the Institute of Geography of the USSR Academy of Sciences and geographers and cartographers of Cuba, Mongolia, and Vietnam in creating national atlases of these countries. It analyzes the scientific concept of the atlases, the integrity and coverage of their subject matter, the combination of fundamental character and practical orientation, structural features, and integration potential. The article proposes a working definition of a national atlas: a fundamental comprehensive cartographic work reflecting a special object of mapping—the nation-state as an integral entity in the full systemic complexity of internal and external factors and historical preconditions of its existence and development. It elaborates principles for developing national atlases for countries with limited geographic and cartographic knowledge, including: broad thematic coverage oriented toward national economic and social planning practice; clear expression of resource-ecological, socio-economic, and ethno-cultural specificity; a flexible structure; and organization as a special target program coordinating interdisciplinary, interdepartmental, and often international efforts. The article examines the thematic structure of the national atlases of Cuba (1970), Mongolia (1989), and Vietnam, comprising introductory sections, general geographic maps, historical-revolutionary maps, nature and natural resources, population and settlement, economy, socio-economic development, and social infrastructure. It also discusses scale series, the role of general economic maps, legend capacity, and the integration potential of national atlases as embodiments of systemic mapping that realize direct and feedback links between geography and cartography. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of such atlases for poorly studied countries as effective tools for planning and scientific acceleration, and outlines prospects for further improvement of national atlases, maintaining the priority of Soviet geographic cartography, and international scientific-technical cooperation.
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