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Isochronic Passage Chart Francis Galton 1881

Francis Galton's first known isochronic map published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1881. It shows the travel times in 1881 from London, United Kingdom to different parts of the world in days. It assumes that there are favourable travel conditions and that travel arrangements over land have been made in advance. It assumes travelling methods of the day within a reasonable cost.

Date
1881
Mapmaker / publisher
Francis Galton (Life time: 17 January 1911)
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
1,145 × 749 pixels

Public domain

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"Isochronic Passage Chart Francis Galton 1881" (1881). Francis Galton (Life time: 17 January 1911), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isochronic_Passage_Chart_Francis_Galton_1881.jpg

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