Title

Minard's Map of Napoleon's March

Creator

Charles Minard

Date of Creation

1869

Source URL

upload.wikimedia.org

Description

Charles Minard's visualization depicting Napoleon's march on Moscow

Example Type

data visualization

Visualization Types

• line chart
• map / spatial data

Subject Area

war

Original Context

historical

Audience Level

• Adult beginner (high school and older)
• Intermediate

Audience Composition

• General
• Librarian/information professional

Pedagogical Description

Good example of making choices about what and how to visualize, including removing superfluous elements

Data Processing

counted and mapped to space

Data Types

• 1 or more categorical variables
• 1 or more numerical variables
• 1 or more date/time variables
• 1 or more geospatial variables

Date Added

6/26/2020