Thematic maps in Eugeniusz Romer’s Geographical and Statistical Atlas of Poland from 1916 – the historical and methodological perspective (on the 100-year anniversary of the publication)

Summary

Published in Vienna in 1916, the *Geographical and Statistical Atlas of Poland* is a landmark work compiled by Eugeniusz Romer during World War I to reaffirm the Polish question to the world. At a time when Poland had been partitioned for over 120 years, the atlas covered the historical Polish territories within the 1772 borders and the region between the Baltic and Black Seas, systematically presenting physical geography, administrative divisions, history, population, ethnicity, religion, agriculture, industry, transportation, mineral resources, and cooperative savings through 65 maps, 5 diagrams, and 32 plates. The atlas was completed by Romer in collaboration with experts from various fields, including W. Semkowicz, and was based on official statistical data, with the population