C. J. Minard's Map

Napoleon's March of 1812

This flow map is famous for the amount of information it conveys in such a limited space. It plots several variables.

1. the size of the French army depicted by the width of the bands;
2. its location on a two-dimensional surface;
3. the direction of the movement of the advance (upper band) and retreat (lower band);
4. the temperature on certain dates during the retreat

If map is non-functioning please follow the active links below to continue the view into the Napoleon Gallery.

[Armand de Caulaincourt] [Pino's Divison] [Grenadiers] [Polish Jews] [Italian troops] [Sergeant Bertrand] [Ostrowno] [Witebsk] [Rossasna] [Neverovski] [Smolensk] [Fire] [Wurttemberg] [New Town] [Borodino]

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