From the economist:

A good graphic can tell a story, bring a lump to the throat, even change policies. Here are three of history’s best…

They chose these 3:

• Florence Nightingale’s chart of the causes of the deaths of soldiers in the Crimean war
• Charles Joseph Minard’s chart of Napoleon’s Russian campaign of 1812
• William Playfair’s chart of “weekly wages of a good mechanic” and the “price of a quarter of wheat” against monarchs.

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