National atlases: Their history, analysis, and ways to improvement and standardization

Summary

This is a review of the book *National Atlases: Their History, Analysis, and Ways to Improvement and Standardization*, edited by G. Fremlin and L. M. Sebert. Originally published in French in 1960 by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the work was later translated and edited into English. The review notes that the national atlas as a new genre began with the *Atlas of Finland* in 1899 and proliferated between the world wars due to the emergence of new countries in Eastern Europe. The book is organized into three sections: historical analysis, mathematical basis, and subject matter and contents, concluding with a list of recommended map topics. The reviewer praises the work as exhaustive and a basic reference, but criticizes the twelve-year delay in English publication and the incomplete translation of some tables and figures. Overall, the book is deemed valuable for historians of cartography.