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Great charts. However, a quick look would have us severely underestimate the amount of progress, since the colors do not represent the same amount of time in both maps. Truth is, if they did, the 2016 map would be all red.
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/WwOtA5jYg4
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/PXOV9J5KDT
Progress! @cblatts: (cool) maps of how long it took to travel fr London to rest of the world in 1914 & 2016 https://t.co/KZSOHqSVGo
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RT @kenterv: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/rHAiQ5EZPp
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/rHAiQ5EZPp
RT @PeterBoettke: It is a small world after all … https://t.co/5fJnzq5ut3
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
It is a small world after all … https://t.co/5fJnzq5ut3
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
Never would’ve gone home for Christmas in 1914… https://t.co/2Lr8TEq3I2
@TJAWheeler back in 1914, the likely response to this would’ve been “Blimey, keeping the Empire together will be EASY in 2016!” @cblatts
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/0XplLLG9kw
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update: Source.
The … https://t.co/kRxlwJtIke
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
Hobsbawm has a similar chart in one of his books on the effect of rail on travel within the UK from 1750 to 1850.
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/ikhhJlwjQA
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
Good reminder to come back to when we complain about flight delays https://t.co/NUK8R04C91 https://t.co/SxRLSmOF6A
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/FparSrHTFX
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/52474Rz4Vw
Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/MMuLRgXD9B
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY
RT @cblatts: Map: How long it took to travel from London to the rest of the world in 1914, with a 2016 update https://t.co/EBpcnaYtqY