Analyzing Minard's Visualization Of Napoleon's 1812 March
Analyzing Minard's Visualization Of Napoleon's 1812 March In Before we analyze this graphic, we need to know a bit of history. The year is 1812, and Napoleon is doing pretty well for himself. He has most of Europe under his control, except for the UK. No matter how many times he tried to invade them, he couldn’t break through their defenses. His plan was to place an embargo on them, forcing the other European countries to stop trade with the UK which would weaken them enough so that Napoleon could invade and take over easily. Czar Alexander of Russia sees that Napoleon was becoming too pow...
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