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The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart (fedia.io)
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The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart

In 1931, John B. Sparks created the Histomap, condensing more than 4,000 years of world history into a vibrant infographic.

By Rebecca Onion (from the archives)

https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/08/the-1931-histomap-the-entire-history-of-the-world-distilled-into-a-single-map-chart.html

#history #maps

The Histomap of Evolution: earth, life and mankind for ten thousand million years. Arranged by John B. Sparks. Copyright, 1932, by John Sparks, 1942 edition. Printed and distributed in U.S.A. by Rand McNally & co. HZ 011. (Cover title) From the flaming planet to modern man: The Histomap of Evolution : Ten thousand million years of evolution on single page. One dollar. https://archive.org/details/dr_the-histomap-of-evolution-earth-life-and-mankind-for-ten-thousand-million-9869002
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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social for 1931 it is a great effort for a Western man, but hardly a 'history of the world', given it is missing 2 continents (South America appearing in 1800s?) and most of Africa. Also what is interesting is what constitutes #history is it defined by #wars? That is such a reductive way of seeing it. At least he tried with some references to 'art' (passing judgement on 'proper') but what about science, peace, prosperity?

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