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A few years ago I found a high-res version of the Histomap [0] somewhere and printed it with a height of roughly 2 meters. It is still hanging on my kitchen door.

Edit: here is a decent version:

https://i.4pcdn.org/hr/1376691454739.jpg

[0] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/62/15/c96215866e46a1d55958...

As a collector of maps, thank you so much for this! The layout is so creative and informative, and the styling is great!

Those are some cool maps. But I was surprised to see her rely on Ussher's claim for "Creation" in 4004 BC.

And then I remembered the Scopes trial.

These presentations are from decades before Darwin, and about a century before the Scopes thing.

Yes, that's what I meant. There's so much about the 1800s that seems so modern. Especially the engineering. So I tend to forget about religion.

They reminded me of the Conspectus of USA Political History: https://losthunderlads.com/2012/10/29/the-political-history-...

Note to self: build this in VR :O

Emma Willard's Maps of Time