In 1931, John B. Sparks distilled human civilization into a single chart. Even today, it’s great infographic design. If time is a river, the Histomap, created by John B. Sparks and first published by ...
The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. This giant, ambitious chart fit ...
John B. Spark's Histomap, originally published by Rand McNally in 1931 and preserved today by the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, is a five-foot long map documenting the history of seven ...