Atlas & Book Reviews: Atlas de Colombia, 3rd ed.

Summary

This review appraises the third edition of Atlas de Colombia, planned and directed by Eduardo A. Latorre and published in Bogotá by the Instituto Geográfico "Agustín Codazzi" in 1977. The reviewer evaluates the atlas's physical, cultural, and historical cartography. He praises the attractive durable binding and reasonable price, but notes redundancy in the physical geography section due to repeated relief maps. The human geography section is better organized, with city plans and oblique aerial photographs. The eleven historical plates from 1570 to 1927 are especially valuable. Overall, the atlas is recommended for academic libraries and Latin American scholars, and judged superior to other South American national atlases.