The 1931 Histomap

Géo-Politique - April 28th, 2015 by Mathieu WEBER

link http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/08/12/the_1931_histomap_the_entire_history_of_the_world_distilled_into_a_single.html

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.)

http://www.slate.com/features/2013/08/histomapwider.jpg