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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

DataViz History: Edward Tufte, Charles Minard, Napoleon and The Russian Campaign of 1812 – Part 5 Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of 1812 [Click on map to see full size...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

The March Continues Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s march in detail. [2] The March Continues – Volkovysk...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

Continuing The March Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s march in detail. [2] From Saltanovka towards...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

Continuing The March Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s march in detail. [2] Polotsk, Smolensk and on to...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

Continuing The March Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s march in detail. [2] The Battle of Borodino On 7...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

Retreat! Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s retreat in detail. [10] Retreat from Moscow, October 18, 1812...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

Retreat! Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s retreat in detail. [12] Napoleon’s Retreat from Moscow to...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

Retreat! Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s retreat in detail. [11] The Battle of Krasny (Krasnoi), November...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of...

Retreat! Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s retreat in detail. [11] Napoleon’s Crossing of the Berezina [12]...

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DataViz History: Charles Minard’s Flow Map – The End of Napoleon’s Russian...

Since Minard’s map is in French, I have provided an English language version for us to use as we discuss the flow of Napoleon’s retreat in detail. [9] The End of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign [10] After...

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What Minard’s Map Helps Show Us: Why Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Campaign Failed

This is the last blog from my multi-part series on Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of 1812. It discusses the reasons why it failed, which relate mainly to logistics. I hope you...

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DataViz History: Napoleon’s Tomb Using Six Coffins

After twenty-five years, when this thought came to the King to restore to France the remains of Napoleon who died on Saint-Helena, God gave him one of those inspirations which spoke sympathetically...

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How We Learn, Online Education and MOOCs, Time Magazine Graph Critique – Part 1

On my trip home to Arizona from Paris yesterday, I read the Special College Report article in the current issue of Time Magazine (October 7, 2013). It is titled Class of 2025 How They’ll Learn and What...

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The Lyra Visualization Design Environment (VDE)

Source: Arvind Satyanarayan, Kanit “Ham” Wongsuphasawat, and Jeffrey Heer, The Lyra Visualization Design Environment (VDE), UW Interactive Data Lab Projects,...

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Mapping Time: A Detailed Look at Minard’s Flow Map

Charles Minard’s Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of 1812 One of the most famous maps incorporating time was created in 1861 by Charles Minard, a French Engineer.  The map and chart, entitled, “Carte...

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Infographic: Battle of Waterloo

*                      Title: Waterloo *                      Language: Russian Authors *                      Anton Mizinov (Design) *                      Denis Zaporozhan (Design) *...

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Dataviz as Maps: Star Wars, In One Chart (with apologies to Charles Minard)

One of the most famous maps incorporating time was created in 1861 by Charles Minard, a French Engineer.  The map and chart, entitled, “Carte figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l’Armée...

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DataViz as History: Annotating Minard’s Napoleon Map

Readers: I am preparing a presentation at work on Charles Joseph Minard’s map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of 1812. I have taken the largest version of the map I could find and added some annotations...

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Sankey Diagram: Who Does President Trump Attack the Most on Twitter?

Donald Trump has become well-known for attacking people, news agencies, and even his own cabinet, using Twitter. AXIOS, a new media company, has visualized these attacks using a sankey diagram. Here is...

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DataViz as History: When Napoleon Ventured East – Revisiting Minard’s Map

Readers: This is something I have been meaning to post for a while. I think all of you Minard Map lovers, Data Visualization historians, KANTAR fans, and history buffs will find this really exciting....

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