Sprawozdania i oceny: Geograficzno statystyczny atlas Polski

Summary

This is an academic review of the 'Geographical-Statistical Atlas of Poland' (1916), edited by E. Romer. The author first notes the atlas's prominent position among wartime publications on Poland, with its core value lying in its anthropogeographic perspective, closely linking nature and culture, land and human activity. It successfully applies the isarithmic method, borrowed from climatology, to statistical data, freeing representations from administrative boundaries and reflecting geographical phenomena more truthfully. The atlas's content encompasses three main groups of maps: physical geography (hypsometry, geology, climate, vegetation), economic geography (land use, mining, industry, transport), and population and cultural geography (density, ethnicity, religion). The review particularly emphasizes that by covering Poland within its 1772 borders, the atlas powerfully argues for Poland's historical rights through scientific cartography, possessing both academic and civic merit.