Atlas ; Historical geography ; History of cartography ; National identity ; Nineteenth Century ; Slovenia
The geographic literature made an important contribution to the development of national conciousness among Slovenes in the 19th century, as well as to the reinforcement of Slovene identity after Slovenia's independence in 1991. A typical example
of this kind of geographic publication is Atlant, the first atlas of the world in the Slovene language, which was published in installments from 1869 to 1877. Atlant followed the concept of a Unified Slovenia, and this idea boosted the confidence of Slovenes
associated with a critical period in history, since it was published after the independance of Slovenia and its inclusion in the European Union, a time when the young state has been seeking its identity among all the world's nations. - (IKR)