In this video we will review the march of Napoleon itself and the progress of the Grande Armée, as well as the life of Charles Joseph Minard, and some speculation about why he created this map and what he meant with her. There is some controversy over the meaning of the card, and in fact it was not well known until the late 20th century, when it became a favorite of designers.
Yet the events depicted by the map go even deeper than Napoleon's march and touch on the very nature of war, death and great men. /"The figurative map of the losses of the men of the Grande Armée during the Russian campaign of 1812-1813/" is truly a superb map. I hope you like the video.
My goal with this series is to explore the amazing maps that humanity has created throughout human history and use them as ways to connect with our ancestors. I hope you enjoy this journey with me, and please let me know if you like this format and would like to see more videos.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this video and whose work is featured here, including:
Pictures and art
-Albrecht Adam
– Faber du Faur
– Vasily Vereshchagin
– Félicien Myrbach
– V. Adam
-Jacques-Louis David
-Jean-Louis Ernest
And many other artists, as well as many clips from Pexels.
audio
John Field (Nocturne in E minor)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1812 Overture)
The Marsellaise
La Marsellaise /"sad/" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?vgcLsKgLT0mw)
God save the Tsar! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?vzWY-9UihgYg)
Onion Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v3_21ozbK-Ro)
Camille Saint-Saëns (The Swan)
Frédéric Chopin (Funeral March)
And sound effects from https://freesound.org/.
Research
– Norbert Landsteiner (https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2018/observing-minard, https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2020/minard-revisted)
– Edward Tufte website (https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id0003mn)
– Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Beautiful Evidence
– Minard maps (https://jenikirbyhistory.getarchive.net/amp/topics/charlesjosephminard)
– Adam Zamoyski, Moscow 1812: Napoleon's fatal march
– “The graphic method in experimental sciences and mainly in physiology and medicine” (https://heritage.ecoledesponts.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6211376f/f107.image.rminard%20l'armee%20pertes%20successives?rk64378 ;0)
– Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia)
– Other (https://ageofrevolution.org/200-object/flow-map-of-napoleons-invasion-of-russia/, https://sciencenorway.no/blog-blog-from-numbers-to-graphics- statistics/charles-joseph-minards-map-of-napoléons-imperfect-russian-campaign-a-classic-still-current/1618695)
And much more.
More to discover:
– Minard interactive map (https://1812.tass.ru/en)
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?vHrEuJO3wz3k
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?vliokytT2TSk
A nod to Great Art Explained (https://www.youtube.com/@GreatArtExplained) for helping me come up with the idea for this series.
And of course, thanks to all the people throughout history who have created and shared such works, so that we can all learn more from the past.
Love,
Victor
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FIXES
Edward Tufte did not actually state that the map was an "anti-war statement". This comes from articles summarizing his views on the map. My mistake!
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