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Monday, 30 November 2009

Video of the Day: Visualising the decline of empires

A great animated data visualisation shows the decline of the world’s four biggest maritime empires over the 19th and 20th centuries.

http://www.vimeo.com/6437816

5 Comments

  1. Margaret Smyth
    Posted Monday, 30 November 2009 at 2:21 pm | Permalink

    Good but too small; impossible to read all the graphics

  2. Jack Dempsey
    Posted Monday, 30 November 2009 at 3:31 pm | Permalink

    Groovy and will be great when its finished. eg seems to be based on geographical area rather than power or population - When Australia split from UK in 1941(???) British Empire splits to half size but when India leaves its just a little loss (India’s population is about 50 times bigger than Oz)
    As I say very groovy…

  3. mbox
    Posted Monday, 30 November 2009 at 4:12 pm | Permalink

    Awesome!

    Am I being naive: why did Australia get spat out in the 40’s?

    Also, what about the Netherlands?!?!?

  4. caf
    Posted Monday, 30 November 2009 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

    Well, as a matter of realpolitik the 40s was when we changed from being in the British Empire’s orbit to being aligned with the USA.

  5. alan tidwell
    Posted Monday, 30 November 2009 at 10:48 pm | Permalink

    You can tell it was developed by a Brit, as it ignores the loss of half of North America and relies upon the convenience of starting in the 19th Century….