14 large scale joined sheets of the 1923 Grand Canyon survey proposing 25 possible dam sites, including Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) which was built 10 years later. All 25 sites were within the national park. https://t.co/MWv7qG1Css https://t.co/oWc6CGkIuT
Grim and powerful slave ship diagram appeared in Clarkson's 1808 "History of. ... the Abolition of the African Slave Trade" along with lesser known rivers data visualization chart showing evolution of the abolition movement. Brought to us by @infowetrust. https://t.co/RwX61kzo61 https://t.co/krxvH8aLx2
Baron Haussmann builds and plans the new Paris boulevards as seen in his 1868 Atlas Administratif des 20 arrondissements de la ville de Paris https://t.co/IrMANNOrbp https://t.co/KkcENtkhK6
17th century German clock and sundial maker Franz Ritter's beautiful gnomonic projection maps and diagrams from 1610 offer unusual world views that can also be used as sundials. From his 1660 book Speculum Solis - Mirror of the Sun. https://t.co/99fGRBAFlC https://t.co/SBvjIDYawc
One of the best 20th century atlas title pages: Atlas geografico de la Republica Mexicana : Secretaria de Agricultura y Fomento : Direccion de Estudios Geograficos y Climatologicos 1919-1921. https://t.co/IJMNn3IhTu Entire atlas: https://t.co/zVkABGczfI https://t.co/eaAIXO4G1M
A major milestone in demographic analysis and data visualization - Bertillon's 1874 La démographie figurée de la France. Mortality in France by age, sex and marital status. With thanks to @infowetrust for bringing it to our attention. https://t.co/kGof0MyBkK https://t.co/Z1V1oCXF0i
1949 Altas de Cuba, by Gerardo Canet and Erwin Raisz, Harvard University. "A living picture of Cuban Geography.” The maps and data visualizations combine Canet's extensive data collections with Raisz's elegant cartography. https://t.co/nglpva842h https://t.co/UGVGxcVdWa
For non Russian speakers, the note field in app link for the whole 1936 Russian atlas gives an English description of the images and graphics.
More amazing Soviet data visualization: in Russian, the 1936 celebration of achievements since the 1918 revolution. Inspired isotypes and art work. Source for the 1939 English edition (see our previous tweet). https://t.co/5T2C6LKjPL and https://t.co/9fHzY9UOGU - 1939 edition. https://t.co/0kc3VC4foJ
Blindenbuch - Artist book for the blind - 1988 by Olaf Wegewitz, East Germany. 9 pressed paper abstract landscapes with text in Braille. https://t.co/G1JnZ1SZVI https://t.co/nQJxdr0HY3
Peter Apian's 1553 Cosmographica explains the world and its place in the universe with maps and data visualizations. Apian, German cartographer, mathematician and astronomer, published significant 16th century works on astronomy, geography and cosmography. https://t.co/c2IJ2XsZxm https://t.co/FxI8oQ4J3P
The sacrifices of Greece in the Second World War, by the Greek Office of Country and Town Planning and the Ministry of Reconstruction; printed by Aspioti-Elka Graphic Arts Ltd. in Athens, 1946. Data visualization of destruction and immense suffering. https://t.co/KXOHWVzXA5 https://t.co/BsRvXyt4CK
Percival Lowell's fantastic1894 globe drawings of canals on Mars made by "intelligent beings." His art/science prefigured the rise of Constructivism and the end of celestial art. Disproven 70 years later by NASA, the magic of Lowell's drawings persists. https://t.co/0NSlqDfHsi https://t.co/ALKu8hgLcb
1960's NASA set of the last artistically drawn and airbrushed with India ink Moon maps. These 44 remained the most detailed Lunar cartography until photographs taken on orbital missions. Their "extra" reality shows what was lost to later photography. https://t.co/mG0WBs2UOt https://t.co/cLd4uYj1Fu
Impressive Japanese Data Viz 1930 - Teito Fukkō Jigyō Zuhyō 帝都復興事業図表 (Statistical Graphics Illustrating the Imperial Capital Reconstruction Project). https://t.co/tyyatMC9Q8 Precursor to 1935 Graphic Illustration of Tokyo City https://t.co/QzZ2mBvmu2 https://t.co/N4CH4IFT8N
Soviet propaganda publication for 1939 NYC Worlds Fair: "USSR : An Album Illustrating the State Organization and National Economy of the U.S.S.R." El Lissitzky design meets Otto Neurath inspired isotypes. Communist data viz. Link: https://t.co/VMKCFdy31N https://t.co/Ume2Ibldjq
Mountains and Rivers maps amaze as early data visualizations. See more than 500 here - https://t.co/jY8XNFXPec https://t.co/zmdgW3dqlE
Johannes Vermeer's 1669 painting "The Geographer" has our 1621 Willem Blaeu sea chart of Europe on the wall... https://t.co/HyEVdXdCbP https://t.co/6E2TEBLHG1
Extraordinary Japanese data visualization - 東京市勢圖表 = Tōkyo Shisei Zuhyo = Graphic Illustration of Tokyo City. 東京市, Tokyo shi, Showa 10 (1935). https://t.co/qr0Tn4dFSx https://t.co/qNSCMko2UQ
Online Rumsey Maps Reach 105,000. Part Two -2017 Additions. Read full blog post - https://t.co/zAcU82RPKy https://t.co/TO4bOx17ep
1961 America: total destruction and total escape, two sides of the same newspaper page. https://t.co/ZB4qqJcZk7 https://t.co/HOnKkkxoWR
Now online: Third of three statistical atlases of Budapest, Hungary, by Lajos Illyefalvi, 1940: "A székesföváros jelentösége hazánk anyagi és szellemi müvelödésében." (The Importance of the Capital City in our Country’s Material and Intellectual Culture.) https://t.co/qxlfBDEizo https://t.co/tvLDXIiN4o
Now online: Second of three statistical atlases of Budapest, Hungary, by Lajos Illyefalvi, published in 1937. "Budapest székesföváros áruforgalma. "(Trade accounts of Budapest.) https://t.co/zOubSiq4nH https://t.co/VJ4qFWwIge
25 Maps of Silicon Valley and Other Tech Hubs https://t.co/pfe7NlkLoU https://t.co/kKv2YxSMy2
18 Interactive Globes Added to Rumsey Map Collection https://t.co/R86Vi30FhS https://t.co/QQMiOg8y3c
LUNAversal Viewer https://t.co/3nezNBGAYR
The United States as viewed by California (Very unofficial) - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Zoomable: https://t.co/Y7eB2Jg4FU https://t.co/tl0eWm0zby
Online Rumsey Maps Reach 100,000. Part One - 2016 Additions. Read full blog post - https://t.co/mLFGeejRrl https://t.co/q5yPBqDRpm
Artist Firelei Báez paints extraordinary art works on Rumsey Collection maps. Read full blog post https://t.co/xR5E1qBHZX https://t.co/ZgJUuiMPjC
Never before seen. Map of The City Of San Francisco, California. Copied From Originals with Corrections and Additions. 1850. View of San Francisco. Large Vessel At The Wharf is The "Apollo Store Ship." Sun Lithographic Establishment, 128 Fulton St. N.Y. https://t.co/OfgCQ73868 https://t.co/pZEK0ONJnc
