That image by this man, which Edward Tufte called "the best statistical graphic ever made," shows the geographical coordinates, the direction, and the army size during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
One of this man's works, which was commissioned by local government officials attempting to find a site for a new post office, uses squares to represent a "center of gravity." Another of this man's works uses circles of varying sizes and colors to demonstrate the sources of his country's capital's beef. A third of this man's works, which represents the English with the color green, contains dark green bands representing English immigration to Canada, the U.S., and Australia. This man depicted the progress onward from "Kowno" as a dwindling tan bar, and movement back toward Kowno as an increasingly large black bar, in an image that also uses a line plot to show the average temperature. That image by this man, which Edward Tufte called "the best statistical graphic ever made," shows the geographical coordinates, the direction, and the army size during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. For 10 points, name this French mapmaker.
One of this man's works, which was commissioned by local government officials attempting to find a site for a new post office, uses squares to represent a "center of gravity."
Charles Joseph Minard