Animation is pretty neat!
I could look at the circles and not know how bad the losses were at first until the burn away reveal the % remaining and be shocked with what was left of the Mandan.
Good Job!
CloudTheseus on
Great visual representation, but it could use more data. Either population or at least percentages.
Scako on
God. Indigenous people truly live in a post-apocalyptic world for them
233C on
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Costing-Geek on
The animation is nice, but it’s missing an important metric: how many disappeared ? By using the same size buttons for each, it’s unclear if we’re talking about 100, 10,000 or 1 million people …
create360 on
Please make the pie size relative to their initial population and compared to some known current or relevant population.
thispartyrules on
By observing historic carbon levels you can actually see the amount of death caused by the colonization of the New World
All beauty, no data. I’m not even sure this belongs here. This won’t make sense to even those that know a little about the history. The Aztec were not the only indigenous people in Mexico; they were the most powerful empire, but were taken down by the Spanish working with other tribes that were their enemies. So yes, the Aztec were mostly gone but there were millions of natives belonging to other tribes.
The Tainos were mostly gone, but there were not many of them to begin with. There’s controversy regarding that and this animation isn’t helpful at all. I mean, how many people know the Taino geographical location without Googling it?
DatumInTheStone on
I am Dominican. The Taino genocide was the first European led genocide in the Americas. It was truly horrific. A population decimated to less than 30% of their size.
YosemiteJen on
I don’t think I have ever cried at pie charts before. Super powerful use of data visualization tools.
More info would make it a better representation of reality, but also possibly reduce some of the emotional impact. Use your instincts carefully if you plan to revise.
KoolDiscoDan on
Since it is panning, I wish it showed the total years. Some of us aren’t that fast with math! i.e. 1520-1580: 60 years.
TwixOps on
A sobering reminder of what facism does to vulnerable populations.
ClaptonOnH on
Absolutely stupid graph, the Aztecs were tyrants in Mexico and Spain got help from the rest of the indigenous people to defeat them, why aren’t you counting those? Just dumb.
One-Illustrator-2771 on
If Europeans hadn’t conquered the Americas, the Aztecs would have killed and eaten every tribe from Mexico to Maine.
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Animation is pretty neat!
I could look at the circles and not know how bad the losses were at first until the burn away reveal the % remaining and be shocked with what was left of the Mandan.
Good Job!
Great visual representation, but it could use more data. Either population or at least percentages.
God. Indigenous people truly live in a post-apocalyptic world for them
Bringing peace and democracy to you since 1492!
The animation is nice, but it’s missing an important metric: how many disappeared ? By using the same size buttons for each, it’s unclear if we’re talking about 100, 10,000 or 1 million people …
Please make the pie size relative to their initial population and compared to some known current or relevant population.
By observing historic carbon levels you can actually see the amount of death caused by the colonization of the New World
Source: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379118307261](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379118307261)
Article: [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47063973](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47063973)
This is more horrifying than beautiful
All beauty, no data. I’m not even sure this belongs here. This won’t make sense to even those that know a little about the history. The Aztec were not the only indigenous people in Mexico; they were the most powerful empire, but were taken down by the Spanish working with other tribes that were their enemies. So yes, the Aztec were mostly gone but there were millions of natives belonging to other tribes.
The Tainos were mostly gone, but there were not many of them to begin with. There’s controversy regarding that and this animation isn’t helpful at all. I mean, how many people know the Taino geographical location without Googling it?
I am Dominican. The Taino genocide was the first European led genocide in the Americas. It was truly horrific. A population decimated to less than 30% of their size.
I don’t think I have ever cried at pie charts before. Super powerful use of data visualization tools.
More info would make it a better representation of reality, but also possibly reduce some of the emotional impact. Use your instincts carefully if you plan to revise.
Since it is panning, I wish it showed the total years. Some of us aren’t that fast with math! i.e. 1520-1580: 60 years.
A sobering reminder of what facism does to vulnerable populations.
Absolutely stupid graph, the Aztecs were tyrants in Mexico and Spain got help from the rest of the indigenous people to defeat them, why aren’t you counting those? Just dumb.
If Europeans hadn’t conquered the Americas, the Aztecs would have killed and eaten every tribe from Mexico to Maine.