Chart shewing the amount of the exports & imports of England to and from all parts (from 1800 to 1805.) To face page 213.
Fold-out, hand-colored engraved chart showing exports and imports for England from 1800 to 1805. Charts axes are time and money. (Although title delineates the years represented as between 1800 and 1805, the x axis, time, begins with the year 1700.) The data appears as a watery, light green stream w...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~347500~90114922 2024-05-12T08:04:37+00:00 Chart shewing the amount of the exports & imports of England to and from all parts (from 1800 to 1805.) To face page 213. An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations, illustrated by four engraved charts. By William Playfair, author of notes and continuation of an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, by Adam Smith, L.L.D. and inventor of linear arithmetic, &c. Designed to shew how the prosperity of the British Empire may be prolonged. London: W. Marchant, Printer, 3, Greville-Street, Holborn. Printed for Greenland and Norris, 2, Finsbury-Place, Finsbury-Square. 1805. Chart shewing the amount of the exports & imports of England . Playfair, William, 1759-1823 Marchant, W. England 1805 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 27 48 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~347500~90114922 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/199/14294016.jpg unknown Greenland and Norris London 14294.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~347500~90114922 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/199/14294016.jpg 14294.016 Historical Commerce Economics Data Visualization Statistical Atlas Diagram Frontispiece 1805 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-04-12T13:42:23Z Fold-out, hand-colored engraved chart showing exports and imports for England from 1800 to 1805. Charts axes are time and money. (Although title delineates the years represented as between 1800 and 1805, the x axis, time, begins with the year 1700.) The data appears as a watery, light green stream within the chart. Descriptive text accompanies the stream to clarify its visual representation. Chart is 27 x 48 cm, on sheet 35 x 53, folded to 26 x 19. William Playfair's An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations . , published in London by Greenland and Norris, 1805. First edition; second edition published in 1807. Pagination: [i-iii], iv-xx, [1], 2-301, with [4] fold-out leaves of plates throughout. Includes a preface, table of contents, and historical text, followed by an index. Marbled page edges, now faded. This copy has embossing on title page: Library of the University of Detroit. Plates contain four hand-colored engraved charts showing worldwide economic histories and international relationships, as well as the populations and square miles of nations. The exquisite graphics convey the data through easily comprehensible visuals, which are also stunningly beautiful in pastel hues. William Playfair was the inventor of statistical graphs, and thus a pioneer in infographics and data visualization. "Playfair’s charts can thus be understood as a direct response to the profusion of knowledge and information that we associate with the Enlightenment specifically and with the eighteenth century more generally. This seeming explosion of information—the sheer proliferation of raw data—is, of course, what enables Playfair’s time-series graphs" (Sachs). Full text transcription available via Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16575/16575-h/16575-h.htm http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=jonathan-sachs-17861801-william-playfair-statistical-graphics-and-the-meaning-of-an-event Map Greenland David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Detroit ENVELOPE(-60.000,-60.000,-64.167,-64.167) Greenland |
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Fold-out, hand-colored engraved chart showing exports and imports for England from 1800 to 1805. Charts axes are time and money. (Although title delineates the years represented as between 1800 and 1805, the x axis, time, begins with the year 1700.) The data appears as a watery, light green stream within the chart. Descriptive text accompanies the stream to clarify its visual representation. Chart is 27 x 48 cm, on sheet 35 x 53, folded to 26 x 19. William Playfair's An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations . , published in London by Greenland and Norris, 1805. First edition; second edition published in 1807. Pagination: [i-iii], iv-xx, [1], 2-301, with [4] fold-out leaves of plates throughout. Includes a preface, table of contents, and historical text, followed by an index. Marbled page edges, now faded. This copy has embossing on title page: Library of the University of Detroit. Plates contain four hand-colored engraved charts showing worldwide economic histories and international relationships, as well as the populations and square miles of nations. The exquisite graphics convey the data through easily comprehensible visuals, which are also stunningly beautiful in pastel hues. William Playfair was the inventor of statistical graphs, and thus a pioneer in infographics and data visualization. "Playfair’s charts can thus be understood as a direct response to the profusion of knowledge and information that we associate with the Enlightenment specifically and with the eighteenth century more generally. This seeming explosion of information—the sheer proliferation of raw data—is, of course, what enables Playfair’s time-series graphs" (Sachs). Full text transcription available via Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16575/16575-h/16575-h.htm http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=jonathan-sachs-17861801-william-playfair-statistical-graphics-and-the-meaning-of-an-event |
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Chart shewing the amount of the exports & imports of England to and from all parts (from 1800 to 1805.) To face page 213. |
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