Haven't seen this in other (recent) threads, figured I would post it here.
Link to video.
The video traces the path of ships traveling around the world from 1750 to 1850 from their recorded logs, and draws primarily on Dutch, British, and Spanish records (although blue corresponds to "all others", it seems to be primarily French routes with a handful of Italian and Portuguese routes thrown in).
North America is pretty dark, especially in the 19th century when American shipping was picking up. I suspect this is more due to incomplete data than an intentional omission.
Link to Article on the video from some random site I haven't been to before now.
Link to video.
The video traces the path of ships traveling around the world from 1750 to 1850 from their recorded logs, and draws primarily on Dutch, British, and Spanish records (although blue corresponds to "all others", it seems to be primarily French routes with a handful of Italian and Portuguese routes thrown in).
North America is pretty dark, especially in the 19th century when American shipping was picking up. I suspect this is more due to incomplete data than an intentional omission.
Link to Article on the video from some random site I haven't been to before now.
