The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations

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60 pointsbenbreen4 comments

I was always a fan of Napoleon’s March, by Minard.

Tufte sells it.

I haven’t found a site that displays it without a ton of junk. Just search for “Napoleon’s March by Minard”.

> I haven’t found a site that displays it without a ton of junk. Just search for “Napoleon’s March by Minard”.

A higher quality version is available from the French national library: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52504201x

Thanks!

It is nice to watch old beautiful figure.