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Emma Willard's Maps of Time
- mirimir 7y agoThose are some cool maps. But I was surprised to see her rely on Ussher's claim for "Creation" in 4004 BC. And then I remembered the Scopes trial.
- interfixus 7y agoThese presentations are from decades before Darwin, and about a century before the Scopes thing.
- mirimir 7y agoYes, that's what I meant. There's so much about the 1800s that seems so modern. Especially the engineering. So I tend to forget about religion.
- juliangamble 7y agoThey reminded me of the Conspectus of USA Political History: https://losthunderlads.com/2012/10/29/the-political-history-of-the-usa-in-two-charts/ https://losthunderlads.com/2012/10/29/the-political-history-...
- bkmn 7y agoNote to self: build this in VR :O
- lqet 7y agoA few years ago I found a high-res version of the Histomap [0] somewhere and printed it with a height of roughly 2 meters. It is still hanging on my kitchen door. Edit: here is a decent version: https://i.4pcdn.org/hr/1376691454739.jpg https://i.4pcdn.org/hr/1376691454739.jpg [0] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/62/15/c96215866e46a1d55958704c3fe395da.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/62/15/c96215866e46a1d55958...
- lowpro 7y agoAs a collector of maps, thank you so much for this! The layout is so creative and informative, and the styling is great!