This is only peripherally related. But since we are on the topic of Napoleon... Charles Joseph Minard created and published a flow map of "Napoleon's disastrou

This is only peripherally related. But since we are on the topic of Napoleon... Charles Joseph Minard created and published a flow map of "Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812"[1]. This graphic is way ahead of it's time. It provides so much information in such a concise and clear form that it's hard to imagine that it was published in 1869. Also see more information on Tufte's website[2][3]. That is how I originally found out about it. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard and http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Minard.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Minard.pn... [2] http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/minard http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/minard [3] http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/minard-obit http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/minard-obit