L'atlas de la Martinique

Summary

This article reviews the Atlas of Martinique, published by the CNRS Center for Tropical Geography Studies as part of the French Overseas Departments Atlas series. The atlas, produced in collaboration with several university geography departments and the BRGM, contains 37 color maps, each accompanied by explanatory texts, statistical tables, cross-sections, and supplementary maps, comprehensively presenting the island's population, agriculture, land use, and other geographic information. The reviewer highly praises the atlas's visual presentation, cartographic quality, and informational richness, noting its successful use of diverse cartographic methods to clearly depict Martinique's major geographic issues.