Emma Willard: Maps of History

“In history I have invented the map.”—Emma Willard, 1848 Emma Willard created new ways to understand time. Her inventions defined chronology for millions of Americans. This volume explores Willard’s legacy by republishing her graphics with new critique and context. An original illustrated essay by historian Susan Schulten titled “A Graphic Mind” explores the influences and achievements of Emma Willard’s craft. The volume is introduced by geographer Matthew H. Edney. The book concludes with a colorful graphic catalog that reproduces Willard’s maps of history and charts of time in three atlases, classroom charts, and textbook graphics. Enclosed is an actual-size poster of her most famous work, The Temple of Time. About the SeriesThis volume is part of Information Graphic Visionaries, a book series celebrating spectacular data visualization creators with original research, new writing, and beautiful visual catalogs. Inaugural volumes also include Florence Mortality and Health Diagrams and Étienne-Jules The Graphic Method.