Cartographical Survey: Atlas Československé Socialistické Republiky

Summary

This review examines two notable cartographic publications. The first is the Atlas of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1966), comprising 58 sheets at 1:1,000,000 scale, offering comprehensive national coverage with detailed thematic maps such as land use, characterized by decisive yet tasteful coloring, supplemented by smaller-scale maps and diagrams illustrating agricultural sectors and social conditions including housing quality. The second comprises submarine topography and free-air gravity anomaly charts of the western approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar (1969, 1:1,000,000), published by the British Hydrographic Department, depicting the continental slope and rise through 100-fathom contours, though lacking survey control information, which limits assessment of submarine canyon continuity. Both works signify advances in national and marine cartography respectively.