This book, Cartographies of Time: A History of the Time Line, looks amazing. Among the many images, it includes the above timeline, which we’ve always loved: Published in 1869, this endures as Charles Joseph Minard’s most famous graphic, featuring two diagrams that depict the size and attrition of the armies of Hannibal in his expedition across the Alps during the Punic wars and of Napoleon during his assault on Russia. The faded-red color band indicates the army’s strength of numbers, with one millimeter in thickness representing ten thousand men. The chart of Napoleon’s march also includes a measure of temperature.

This book, Cartographies of Time: A History of the Time Line, looks amazing. Among the many images, it includes the above timeline, which we’ve always loved:

Published in 1869, this endures as Charles Joseph Minard’s most famous graphic, featuring two diagrams that depict the size and attrition of the armies of Hannibal in his expedition across the Alps during the Punic wars and of Napoleon during his assault on Russia. The faded-red color band indicates the army’s strength of numbers, with one millimeter in thickness representing ten thousand men. The chart of Napoleon’s march also includes a measure of temperature.

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