This is very unique atlas with a very low number of printed copies - second and definately hardest to come by atlas from Erwin Raisz, famous 20th century pioneer cartographer. It is by many considered as a first national atlas of Cuba, despite the fact the current establishment of Cuba deliberately ignores it, also due to fact it's author Gerardo Canet emigrated to USA after communistic revolution in 1959.
Erwin Raisz - a proffesor o cartography on Harvard University in cooperation with Gerardo Canet (Cuban cartographer who got a grant to spend 5 years in Harvard) published an atlas covering all important aspects of Cuba and it's history.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- Cuba center of the americas
- The world around Cuba
- Discovery, conquest and colonization
- Colonial Cuba
- Revolutionary Cuba
- Climate
- Hurricanes
- Magnetism, gravity, and earthquakes
- Oceanography
- Geology
- Geomorphology
- Soils
- Forestry
- Fisheries
- Vegetation
- Population
- Standard of living
- Health
- Social composition
- Government
- Tourist trade
- Education
- Agriculture
- Sugar
- Minerals
- Tobacco
- Coffee
- Winter vegetables
- Fruits
- Other crops
- Livestock
- Industries
- Communications
- Imports and exports
- Index
- Bbibliography
