MINARD, Charles Joseph. "Carte Figurative et approximative des tonnages des Grand Ports et des principales Rivières d'Europe." Paris, 27 October 1859. Lithograph by Gratia. 543 x 858 mm. Signed in ink by Minard.
MINARD, Charles Joseph. "Carte Figurative et approximative des tonnages des Grand Ports et des principales Rivières d'Europe." Paris, 27 October 1859. Lithograph by Gratia. 543 x 858 mm. Signed in ink by Minard. The rarity of all of Minard's maps was explained by Arthur Robinson: "Part of the reason may have been that Minard published his thematic maps privately, that is, so far as I can tell he never published them in a journal. How they were distributed is a mystery. He belonged to no major society, and I find no evidence in his writings that he had an extensive correspondence. He seems to have been a lone worker, content to remain within his own circle of friends, and publishing his writings either in the Annales des ponts et chaussées or provately" (Robinson). This map shows, by graduated circles, the tonnages handled at the larger ports of the world. In order to prevent one circle from overlapping another and thereby reducing the comparative visual relationship (a common complaint today) he simply changed his scale as needed. Robinson 19.
MINARD, Charles Joseph. "Carte Figurative et approximative des tonnages des Grand Ports et des principales Rivières d'Europe." Paris, 27 October 1859. Lithograph by Gratia. 543 x 858 mm. Signed in ink by Minard.
MINARD, Charles Joseph. "Carte Figurative et approximative des tonnages des Grand Ports et des principales Rivières d'Europe." Paris, 27 October 1859. Lithograph by Gratia. 543 x 858 mm. Signed in ink by Minard. The rarity of all of Minard's maps was explained by Arthur Robinson: "Part of the reason may have been that Minard published his thematic maps privately, that is, so far as I can tell he never published them in a journal. How they were distributed is a mystery. He belonged to no major society, and I find no evidence in his writings that he had an extensive correspondence. He seems to have been a lone worker, content to remain within his own circle of friends, and publishing his writings either in the Annales des ponts et chaussées or provately" (Robinson). This map shows, by graduated circles, the tonnages handled at the larger ports of the world. In order to prevent one circle from overlapping another and thereby reducing the comparative visual relationship (a common complaint today) he simply changed his scale as needed. Robinson 19.
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