1805 statistical representation of the size of territories in the US by William Playfair, who invent
1805 statistical representation of the size of territories in the US by William Playfair, who invented many of the ways that we visualize data today, including the pie chart. You can see that, at the time, Virginia was the largest state (excluding territories) on his chart. I’m not sure how he came to these conclusions… Pennsylvania and New York seem underrepresented here. Virginia is now the 35th biggest state.{WHF} {HTE} -- source link
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