The Decline Of Empires
This video present a neat visualization of the evolution of four maritime empires (British, Frence, Spanish and Portuguese) year-by-year over the course of the last two centuries. As these empires both grow and eventually decline, bits of the circles break off to represent the countries that gained independence from the imperium. Needless to say, by the end of the video the circles have all but disappeared. (h/t Kottke.)
Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.
