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1921 Mid-atlantic Rail and Ferry Map
17 Nov 2016A modern representation of old rail and ferry routes in the mid-atlantic.
The Fallen of World War II
4 Feb 2016I don’t think most people realize how many Russians died during WWII and how that defined the rest of the 20th century. The below videographic tells the entire WWII story in detail.
Language Families
17 Feb 2015A beautiful language tree by sssscomic.com.
Economic Booms and Busts (1775-1943)
12 Jan 2015I first posted about this awesome graph back in 2010, but it is now available from HistoryShots as print. Besides all the rare economic info, what’s fascinating to me is that this was orginally created as a piece of wall advertising. The most commonly circulated version had it as an ad for an envelope company, though I’ve seen others.
Suck it Pantone
14 May 2014
Baby Name Popularity by State
10 Mar 2014Type in any name and see how popular it was across the USA over the past 60 years. (blog post explaining methodology)
Loren Munk
25 Feb 2014Artist Loren Munk has created many beautiful interpretations of art history, genres, and incubators.
My personal favorite:
Better off than Parents?
In: Culture Employment History Interactive Maps Source: Washington Post
23 Jan 2014According to this Harvard study, on average people today are just as likely to be better off than our parents than the generation 50 years ago was. I wonder if they adjusted incomes for debt? (I’m too lazy to check).
I’m not sure why it took the Washington Post six months longer than the NYT to do an article and map about this. NYT’s interactive map/chart combo helps grasp what they’re measuring:
1929 Map of Transcontinental Air Transport
16 Dec 2013I love these huge old maps. Apparently flying across the country then required taking a train for some stretches though. Hehe. (via Slate)
Google Map Overlays
9 Dec 2013National Geographic is adding 500 of their classic maps to the Google public data archive. Basically, these are layers mapped onto Google’s existing map engine. The press release contained two examples, but bizarrely, no link to the public gallery where the NattyG maps will eventually appear.
In some ways, this strikes me as a bit silly. but having access to these historical maps at all is a good thing, and it’s remarkable how accurate many of them were.
The Geography of Words
4 Dec 2013We’ve seen maps of languages around the world but it’s interesting to look a little deeper at how specific words differ across countries. Michael Kelley makes a few guesses over at Business Insider as to what explains some of the difference.
Sometimes a Speech is Better
19 Nov 2013In honor of the 150th anniversary of an awesome speech, here’s the powerpoint version by Peter Novig:
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