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Invited Essay

The best map ever?

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Pages 205-210 | Received 09 Mar 2021, Accepted 24 Mar 2021, Published online: 19 Apr 2021

Figures & data

Figure 1. Minard’s 1869 ‘Carte Figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l’Armée Française dans la campagne de Russie 1812–1813’

Source: Library Lasage – Collection Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

Figure 1. Minard’s 1869 ‘Carte Figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l’Armée Française dans la campagne de Russie 1812–1813’Source: Library Lasage – Collection Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

Figure 2. Kraak and Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: (a) family tree; (b–d) military record Gerrit Janz Kraak; (e) Chateau Vincennes home of the French military archives; (f) route of Gerrit Janz Kraak during the campaign.

Figure 2. Kraak and Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: (a) family tree; (b–d) military record Gerrit Janz Kraak; (e) Chateau Vincennes home of the French military archives; (f) route of Gerrit Janz Kraak during the campaign.

Figure 3. Questioning Minard’s map: Where? (III and IV); What? (II and V); When (I and VI).

Figure 3. Questioning Minard’s map: Where? (III and IV); What? (II and V); When (I and VI).