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This chapter discusses Minard’s map in detail, places it in the context of his other works and his times, and compares it with other maps that analyze Napoleon’s campaign. Edward Tufte, the noted statistician, regards Minard’s map as probably the best statistical graphic ever drawn. What makes this celebrated map so special? The answer requires a closer look. Figures 2-1 and 2-2 display two versions of the map, the original and an adaptation translated into English and redrawn to explain content.

Figure 2-1 The “Carte Figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l’Armée Française dans la campagne de Russie 1812–1813,” translated as: “The Figurative Map of the successive losses of men of the French army during the Russian Campaign 1812–1813.”