Posted by: Elatia Harris | Nov 17, 2009 3:42:26 PM
Where is the U.S. Empire?
Posted by: J.H. | Nov 17, 2009 3:47:39 PM
J.H. I don't know that it's supposed to be that comprehensive. Personally, I would love to see this with Russia, the Hapsburg Empire, the US and the Ottoman Empire included... Still right around 1960-1962 it looks rather beautiful, no?
Posted by: Kris Kotarski | Nov 17, 2009 4:08:08 PM
Reminds me of a lava lamp.
Posted by: J.H. | Nov 17, 2009 4:35:38 PM
Thanks Kris, for bringing this to the readers. To me it starts looking beautiful right around 1937. From then on through the 1960s, it was World War II that provided the cough which obscured the other more deflating sounds of the vanishing empires :-)
Cuba is shown as 1866, way before Puerto Rico and the Phillipines. In fact, the 3 went to the US. A Russian ballon would be nice too :)
Posted by: MH | Nov 19, 2009 8:37:50 AM
wow! simply beautiful!
looks like an aweful lot of work
Posted by: milka | Nov 19, 2009 11:26:03 AM
Nice! though sadly reminds me ancient Persian empires.
Posted by: Sassan | Nov 20, 2009 3:20:55 PM
I am not sure how they define "empire." Is it entirely based on land mass, or GDP, recognized area under control (i.e. including seas)?
Some of the dates seem wrong. For example, the Australian and New Zealand colonies became independent of Britain in 1901, not ~1940. Papuan New Guinea was part of Australia, not UK, until 1976.
Posted by: SJE | Nov 23, 2009 12:50:10 PM
I'm sorry for those asking about the German, Dutch or Belgian empires, but they were not important in historic terms, had no dimension and were merely parasites of what the 4 great european powers at the time didn't or couldn't grab.
As for "Where is the USA"? Come on!
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Very impressive visualization!
How come Pakistan is shown to break out of the British Empire in 1957 (2:37 min in the video)?
Posted by: Vishal | Nov 17, 2009 3:32:30 PM
Magnificent. Edward Tufte would like it fine!
Posted by: Elatia Harris | Nov 17, 2009 3:42:26 PM
Where is the U.S. Empire?
Posted by: J.H. | Nov 17, 2009 3:47:39 PM
J.H. I don't know that it's supposed to be that comprehensive. Personally, I would love to see this with Russia, the Hapsburg Empire, the US and the Ottoman Empire included... Still right around 1960-1962 it looks rather beautiful, no?
Posted by: Kris Kotarski | Nov 17, 2009 4:08:08 PM
Reminds me of a lava lamp.
Posted by: J.H. | Nov 17, 2009 4:35:38 PM
Thanks Kris, for bringing this to the readers. To me it starts looking beautiful right around 1937. From then on through the 1960s, it was World War II that provided the cough which obscured the other more deflating sounds of the vanishing empires :-)
Posted by: Ruchira | Nov 17, 2009 4:54:23 PM
Where is the United States?
Posted by: Nick | Nov 17, 2009 8:51:20 PM
Inspired by this? And I know Tufte loved this one because I found it on his blog a few years back.
http://www.gapminder.org/
Posted by: Carlos | Nov 18, 2009 12:09:07 AM
What about the German colonies?
Posted by: Bee | Nov 18, 2009 2:34:48 PM
That's neat, but it isn't remotely to scale- when India breaks away, it shows the British Empire dropping in size by only a fraction.
And I realize it isn't comprehensive, but come on- where's the Dutch empire? Where's the Belgian? Those were pretty big in their day, you know.
Posted by: Acilius | Nov 18, 2009 3:19:51 PM
Cuba is shown as 1866, way before Puerto Rico and the Phillipines. In fact, the 3 went to the US. A Russian ballon would be nice too :)
Posted by: MH | Nov 19, 2009 8:37:50 AM
wow! simply beautiful!
looks like an aweful lot of work
Posted by: milka | Nov 19, 2009 11:26:03 AM
Nice! though sadly reminds me ancient Persian empires.
Posted by: Sassan | Nov 20, 2009 3:20:55 PM
I am not sure how they define "empire." Is it entirely based on land mass, or GDP, recognized area under control (i.e. including seas)?
Some of the dates seem wrong. For example, the Australian and New Zealand colonies became independent of Britain in 1901, not ~1940. Papuan New Guinea was part of Australia, not UK, until 1976.
Posted by: SJE | Nov 23, 2009 12:50:10 PM
I'm sorry for those asking about the German, Dutch or Belgian empires, but they were not important in historic terms, had no dimension and were merely parasites of what the 4 great european powers at the time didn't or couldn't grab.
As for "Where is the USA"? Come on!
Posted by: RVO | Nov 25, 2009 2:42:15 PM
inaccurate.
Posted by: Melanie | Nov 26, 2009 5:40:18 AM
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