The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart
By Rebecca Onion from slate.com: This “Histomap,” created by John B. Sparks, was first printed by Rand McNally in 1931. (The David Rumsey Map Collection hosts a fully zoomable version here.) (Update: Click on the image below to arrive at a bigger version.) This giant, ambitious chart fit neatly with a trend in nonfiction book […]