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Re:Emma Willard's Maps of Time by lqet on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:09AM (#22126550)
A few years ago I found a high-res version of the Histomap [0] somewhere and printed it with a height of roughly 2 meters. It is still hanging on my kitchen door.

Edit: here is a decent version:

https://i.4pcdn.org/hr/1376691454739.jpg

[0] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/62/15/c96215866e46a1d55958...

Re:Emma Willard's Maps of Time by lowpro on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:35AM (#22128919)
As a collector of maps, thank you so much for this! The layout is so creative and informative, and the styling is great!
Re:Emma Willard's Maps of Time by mirimir on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:12AM (#22125263)
Those are some cool maps. But I was surprised to see her rely on Ussher's claim for "Creation" in 4004 BC.

And then I remembered the Scopes trial.

Re:Emma Willard's Maps of Time by interfixus on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:33AM (#22125620)
These presentations are from decades before Darwin, and about a century before the Scopes thing.
Re:Emma Willard's Maps of Time by mirimir on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:03PM (#22130608)
Yes, that's what I meant. There's so much about the 1800s that seems so modern. Especially the engineering. So I tend to forget about religion.
Re:Emma Willard's Maps of Time by juliangamble on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:10AM (#22126287)
They reminded me of the Conspectus of USA Political History: https://losthunderlads.com/2012/10/29/the-political-history-...
Re:Emma Willard's Maps of Time by bkmn on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:03AM (#22126519)
Note to self: build this in VR :O