I focused on chart innovation, not necessarily the application of charting… although many simply famous charts are also included. The visual communication of information is arguably thousands of years old — but developments before the 17th century are sparse and so I knew I wanted to begin around there. Chart innovation slowed in the early 20th century and so I knew I wanted to cut things off near the end of the golden age — certainly well before computers reignited the field. Discovering two charts that examine the migration of sunspots — one from 1630 and one from 1904 — provided poetic bookends for this project.
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